The Bhagavad Gita is also called [[Gītopaniṣad]], implying its having the status of an [[Upanishad]], i.e. a Vedantic scripture.[7] Since the Gita is drawn from the Mahabharata, it is classified as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smriti Smṛti] [[text]]. However, those branches of Hinduism that give it the status of an Upanishad also consider it a śruti or "revealed" text.[8][9] As it is taken to represent a summary of the Upanishadic teachings, it is also called "the Upanishad of the Upanishads".[1] Another title is mokṣaśāstra, or "Scripture of Liberation".[10] | The Bhagavad Gita is also called [[Gītopaniṣad]], implying its having the status of an [[Upanishad]], i.e. a Vedantic scripture.[7] Since the Gita is drawn from the Mahabharata, it is classified as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smriti Smṛti] [[text]]. However, those branches of Hinduism that give it the status of an Upanishad also consider it a śruti or "revealed" text.[8][9] As it is taken to represent a summary of the Upanishadic teachings, it is also called "the Upanishad of the Upanishads".[1] Another title is mokṣaśāstra, or "Scripture of Liberation".[10] |