Syllabi
March 9, 2021
Around a Religious Text: The Bhagavadgītā
- Topics
- Sacred Texts
- Course Level Format
- undergraduate | online only
- Instructor & Institution
- Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, Cornell University
- Course Term & Year
- Fall 2020
A 2020 course by Manasicha Akepiyapornchai at Cornell University "explores the Bhagavadgītā in different aspects to answer the question of how powerful a religious text can be. We will discuss how translations, commentaries, biographies, and scholarly sources shape the Bhagavadgītā and contribute to its popularity in the premodern and contemporary histories."