# गीता (gītā)

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गीता (gītā) is a Sanskrit word meaning sung, chanted, or praised in song, singing, song, an epithet of four hymns addressed to Krishna, a song, the name of a metre, specifically, the Bhagavadgita. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Sacred song, poem, or religious text (feminine noun 'Gītā'), Sung or chanted (adjective/participle), A song or singing (general, neuter noun).

- **Root:** गै (gai)
- **SLP1:** `gItA`  **IAST:** gītā  **Devanagari:** गीता
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/gita/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Sacred song, poem, or religious text (feminine noun 'Gītā') (4 definitions)
- an epithet of four hymns addressed to Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of four hymns addressed to Kṛṣṇa [ ID=65292 ]
- 1. A song. 2. A sacred poem or religious doctrine declared in metrical form.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 356,1] गीता (gītā) ( आ (ā) ), f. a song, sacred song or poem, religious doctrines declared in metrical form by an inspired sage ( cf. Agastya-gītá, Bhagavad-gītá [often called Gītā, Prabodha-candrodaya (Title) vi, 9/10 &c.], Rāma-gītá, Śiva-gītá) [ ID=65293 ]
- 1. A song or poem containing an inspired doctrine. 2. Specifically, the Bhagavadgita.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गीता (gītā) [Printed book page 084-2 ] गीता (gītā) gī-tā, ( pp. ) f. song or poem containing an inspired doctrine, esp. the Bhagavadgītā. [ ID=6975 ]
- A sacred dialogue in verse explaining religious doctrines, especially referring to the Bhagavadgita.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 243-12 ] गीता (gītā) f. A term applied to certain sacred writings in verse, in the form of a dialogue and containing an exposition of certain religious doctrines, e.g. भगवद्गीता (gītā) (bhagavadgītā), रामगीता (gītā) (rāmagītā). The term, however, is specially applied to the Bhagavadgītā, उपनिषदः परिपीता गीता (gītā) पि च हंत मतिपथं नीता (upaniṣadaḥ paripītā gītāpi ca haṃta matipathaṃ nītā) Bh.V. ii.40, गीता (gītā) सुगीता (gītā) कर्तव्या किमन्यैः शास्त्रविस्तरैः । या स्वयं पद्मनाभस्य मुखपद्माद्विनिःसृता (gītā sugītā kartavyā kimanyaiḥ śāstravistaraiḥ. yā svayaṃ padmanābhasya mukhapadmādviniḥsṛtā). [ ID=12166 ]

### Sung or chanted (adjective/participle) (2 definitions)
- sung, chanted, or praised in song  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 356,1] गीत (gīta) mfn. (√ गै (gai) ) sung, chanted, praised in songs, Manu-smṛti (Title) ix, 42; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=65290 ]
- 1. Sung or chanted. 2. Said or declared.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > गीत (gīta) ा (gītā) [Printed book page 243-10 ] गीत (gīta) (I) a. (f. ता (tā) ) 1. Sung, chanted, अहो साधु रेभिलेन गीत (gīta) म् (aho sādhu rebhilena gītam) Mrich. iii.; 2. said, declared, गीत (gīta) ा (gītā) श्चायमर्थोंगिरसा (gītāścāyamarthoṃgirasā) Ve. ii., M.M. iii., (pp. of गै (gai) q.v.) [ ID=12156.1 ]

### A song or singing (general, neuter noun) (1 definition)
- singing, song  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > गीत (gīta) n. singing, song, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xxx; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) iii, vi; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra (Title) &c. [ ID=65291 ]

### Name of a metre (1 definition)
- The name of a metre.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a metre. [ ID=65294 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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