# अनुगीता (anugītā)

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अनुगीता (anugītā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an after-song, a specific section of the Mahabharata, repetition of the Bhagavadgita. Its 3 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them An 'after-song'; section of Mahābhārata Bk. 14, A Mahābhārata Parvan on spiritual knowledge.

- **SLP1:** `anugItA`  **IAST:** anugītā  **Devanagari:** अनुगीता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anugita
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anugita/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अनुगीत (anugīta)

## Meanings by context

### An 'after-song'; section of Mahābhārata Bk. 14 (2 definitions)
- an after-song  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 32,1] अनु - गीता (anu-gītā) f. ‘an after-song’, N. of part of the fourteenth book of the Mahābhārata (chaps. 16-92). [ ID=6227 ]
- 1. An after-song. 2. A specific section of the Mahabharata.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अनुगीता (anugītā) [Printed book page 1181-b ] Anu-gītā, f. an after-song; N. of part of the four- teenth book of the Mahā-bhārata (chaps. 16 — 92). [ ID=54613 ]

### A Mahābhārata Parvan on spiritual knowledge (1 definition)
- repetition of the Bhagavadgita  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अनुगीता (anugītā) [Printed book page 057-1 ] Anugītā (“repetition of the Bhagavadgītā”). § 10 (Parvas.): I, 2, 354 ( parva..adhyātmavācakaṃ, i.e. Anugītāparvan). [ ID=677 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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