114 method with which He brought round Arjuna on the battlefield. The whole of ch.54 is based on the Gila. One verse can be pointed out as the essence. Krsl)a says (54, 16 CitrasaJa1: Cf, ~ ~ m~ etc. Gila. And the Lord then, to complete Udanka's understanding, shows him, as He showed Arjuna, His own Visvariipa. Udanka realises that "All this is the Imperishable Lord Him­ self. " : fcfJQCfithtq:Ht~ fc{JQI("q~ fcr~ I q;$li -a ~ ~IHI ~I(ffl :€II~d ;rq: II tlIClI~~04l4;::qur '5Io{UI eql~51'{ I 'j'iI1"41'11 ~d I amn: fCI flI~ e4q"qd II Asvam, 55, 12-13. (Kumbh.) 55. 7 -8. (Citrasaia) ***** APPENDIX All Alphabetical List of the Gilas. 12 12. With Acknowledgements of E.P. Radhakrishnan, M.A., who made the provisional compilation of the Grlas. 115 Recent imaginative expounders of the Bhaga vad Gila attach great significance to the name GIla and, taking suggestion from the meaning 'song', emphasise that this scripture of the Hindus is not a difficult meta­ physical text but that, like song, it appeals and pro­ duces 'Samarasya' and so on. The feminine form 'Gila-t is not quite happy then. It is invariably found, when quoted, in plural number as 'Gilal)'. Therefore,' Gilal)' does not stand by itself, but qualifies 'Upanl~adal)', which forms the noun. It is only very rarely that 'Gilu in the singular number occurs. In all the Gilas occur­ ring in the Mahabharala and in several other contexts of a similar nature. In the RamayaIJa and the Purapas also, we find 'Gilam Ilhasam' 'Gifal) siokal)'. To this characteristic old expression 'Gilal) siokal), 'Gilal} Ilhihasal)' it is that we have no relate the name G11a. The feminuine form however is due to the Bhagavad Gila, where the noun is 'Upanl$adal.l and it is, again after the name 'Bhagavad Gila, that the fonn in the singular number also became current. It is natural that the large number of the Gilas has been suggesting the idea of their collected publication to scholars and publishers from time to time. In 1 91 0" Mr.V.Kuppusvami Raju began issuing from Tanjore 116 his "Gilaikkolthu" (Branch of Gflas) with Tamil transalations. In 1911 appeared from Calcutta "the Gi/agranthavali ", twenty five Gffas with Bengali ver­ sions, ed. by Upendranath Mukhopadhyaya. In 1915, Ashtekar Co. Poona publised a volume of Gi/as called the 'Gl1asaIigraha', being the first part of a series un­ fortunately discontinued. A number of Gitas still re­ main to be published as can be seen from the follow­ ing list. The Gitas admit of a broad classification into close imitations of the Bhagavadgifa, short dialogues or dis­ courses of eminent persons on a single or a select number of moral and spiritual principles, like the AfaIikl: Bodhya and other Gilas in the 'santiparvan of the Mahabharafa, and others which are mere hymns or glorificatins (Mahatmyas) like the Guru Gita stotra. This classification applies to the G11as in general and not to the translation of Christian scripture or the ac­ count of Gandhiji's Satyagraha movement which bear the name Gila or to the satirical Gila like the Congress I3 Gi/a • I 3. This writer was told that there is also a modern 'iTTffiri' on ~ Tell' belonging to this comic category. 117 Agastya GIta - Varaha Pura(1a ch. 5 3.; 5 1 -67, Veflka!eswara.ed(1.; begins on p.259 (ch.51) in Bib. Ind. edn. Agastya enlightens King Bhadrasva. Agastya appears even in ch.50 describing some Vratas; evidently the theme of 'Vratas' is not enough to make a discourse a 'GltK. In ch.51 Brhadrasva enquires of Mok$adharma and here the Agastya Glta begins. Agastya teaches spiritual wisdom through the parable of king Pasupala; this Pasllpa/opakhyana extends only up to ch.53. Then again Agastya begins the Vratas which go up to ch.65 where the colophon calls the section. Agastya Glta ; chs. 66-67 dealing with the greatness and worship of Vi~IJu are also called Agastya Glta. Even after this Agastya continues to be the speaker. Adbhuta Glta or Nanaka Glta - 8 chs. purporting to be an original work of Nanak Sikhism. com. Kaisavapada by Kesavanandasvamin. Edn. with notes and Hiindi version by Sal)karananda Avadhiita. Moradabad, 1901. Br. Mu. Pt. Bks. Cat. 1892-1906. Col. 405. 14 14. The abbreviations used here for catalogues are as found in the Provisional Fasciculus of the New Catalogus Catalogorum of the Ma­ tlras University. 118 Adhyatma Glta - Vedanta, Peters VI.266 Anu Glta - Mahabharata, Asvamedhika, chs. 17-95 For contents etc, see body of the article, above Arjuna G11a -- K.r$lJarjuna sanivada on Sannyasa, TD.9094. Other mss, also available A vadhiita Gita - By Dattatreya. 8 chs., also called SvatmasaJiJvittyupadesa: in some colophons is added •Svami Kartikasamvade' the meaning of which is not borne out by the text, the first three chapters of which are put in the month of 'Avadhiita' and the rest in the month of Datta. Subject Advaita ; sings eloquently of the state in which Advaita has been realised. SIs. 2-4, in l;ast ch., are found in the Bhagavata, XI, ch.11 (S1s. 29-31) also. The above account is based on a pocket edn. of this Gita, of the N.S.Press, 1913. It is included in the Gita sangraha (No.8), Other edns, also are available. This Glta has been commented upon by many. In the Mss.MD.4543 MT.3231.4063.411S.42S9, the work is also called A vadhiila grantha and is 119 described as a dialogue between Dattareya and Gorak~a. In some other Mss. it is called 'Svatmopadesa-J and 'Datta GIla or 'Dattatreya Gita also. B. IV. 30 and 90 mention a Vidya Gita by Dattatreya and B. IV. 36, an Adbhuta GI1a by the same. These two are evi­ dently the same A vadhllta Gila of which name Adbhllta Gita seems to be a corruption. In a Jodhpur ms. (No. 871) this A vadhl1ta GI1i of DatUitreya is assigned to the Sirhhadrikhapr;/a of the Padmapurapa. Jodhpur has a Datta Gorak~a Gita. Is it identical with this G11a! Hiralal's CPB Catalogue men­ tions a Gorak~a Gita assigned to Dharma (?) - no.1508. In three Tanjore Mss. (TD.7589-91), this work is called Vedantasara. Avadhl1ta Gita - The Bhagavata, XI. chs.7 51 25- 9. 5129. Kumbh.edn. This section is not called a Giti in the Kumbh. edp., but is so called in a ms.for which see L.4047. Asmaka Gita. - The Mok~asamrajyalak~mitantra is a compilation of moral and spiritual texts embody­ ing many well-known texts and extracts therefrom. One of these is given as the Asmaka OJ,·f from the 120 Rajadharma section of the Mah§bhiirata. See T.D.Vol, XIII. p.5659. This Asmaka Gila is ch.27 Kumbh., ch.28 Citrasala, of the Raja dharma, where Asma, a Brahmal)a, teaches King lanaka the moral principles to be observed by kings. Neither edition of the Epic, however, calls this ch. Asma Gita, though Sl2 here has the words 'Asma Gilam (ilihasam! which mode of expression forms the basis for the names MaIiki Gila, Hodhya Gila, etc. A~!avakra Gila or A vadhiilanubhiili, or A$!avakrasaIhhila, or A$!. siikla, or A dhyalma saslra , or A~!avakra simply, or "A$!.granlha, or A$!. 'prakaral}a, Advaila, A$!avakra's teachings to King Janaka.20 or 21 short chs. Numerous mss., many edQs, No.7 In the GilasaIigraha. Almadarsana Gila by Buddhisagara. Jain modern; 182 stanzas. Hr. Mu. Pld, Bks.1906-28.202 Isvara Gila - Sometimes called Siva Gila also. Klfrmapurana 's Ullarabhaga, chs. 1-11, forming the first part of Vyasagila which is another name of the whole of Book II of the Kiirmapural}a. 121 Subject: Adv., Yoga, Siva-bhakti. Speakers: Siva, Verses: 426 Many parallels in thought and expression between this and Dha.Gita. Here Siva as Cosmic dancer, shows his dancing Visvanfpa form, which is first described and is then followed by a hymn. Another noteworthy parallel is a Vibhiltiyoga ch. containing numerous ver­ bal parallels with the same in the Dhaga vadgita. 1. English Transl. by L.Kannoo Mal, M.A. Motilal Banarsi Das, Lahore, 1924. Intro draws attention to Gita-- parallels. 2. L '[svaragita, Fr.Edn.Text in Roman with Fr.Transl., Intro., Notes, and concordance of parallels with Dh.Gita, Svetasvatara and Ka!hopani$ads. Uta!hya Gita -Mahabharata, SaiJtl~ Raja dharma, chs. 90-91, Citrasaja Press Edn. Subject : Raja dharma; expounded by sage Uta!hya to king Mandhata. Kumbh. chs. 90-91 but here not called a Gita but ~only Uca!hya Mandhatrsarhviida. Uttara Gita - a Kr~l,la -Arjuna sarhvada in three chs. on Pral,lava and its Upasana and other Advaitic 122 principles; sometimes ascribed to the Asvamedhikaparvan and sometimes to the Bhi~maparvan of the Mahabharata, but occuring in neither parvan in the Great Epic; frequently confounded with the Anugita, an almost identical name, occuring in the Asvamedhika of the Great Epic Edn. VaQi Vilas, Sri Rangam, 1910 with a Gaugapada's gloss. Uttara Gifasara - Advaita. Mysore II, p.22. Ex­ tracts from the ms. were got and the text calls itself at the beginning Gitasara and Uttaragitasara in the colo­ phon. It purports to contain 22 chs. of which the last is described as Gifasarayoga. It asigns itself to the Bhi~maparvan. Beginning: ~ 3C11T.1 - ~GIR'i~ ftct)(1tcHI OII,{ + 8t<M'i~ ~ 91'411"'111 Iftdlftl< '4~13°ll <I:~ ~ ~: I etc. End: (;f5I' 'l[rTftss\:~: etc.