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A. Gujrathi Press had brought two series of Gita Commentaries.

The first series


was compiled by Sadhale and was published in three volumes. This Series
contained the following commentaries.
(1) General Gita Mahatmya from Varah Purana
(2) Shankaracharya's Advaita Bhashya;
(3) Anandagiri's Bhashya Vakhya
(4) Ramanuja's Vishishta- adwaita Bhashya
(5) Deshika's Tatparya-CcJicmdrika;
(6) Madhava's Dwaita Bhashya
(7) Jayatirtha's Prameya Dipika
(8) Hanumans Paishachya Bhashya;
(9) Venkatnatha Brahmanandagiri ;
(10) Yallabha Tattva-deepika.
(11) Purnshotama's Amrita-tarangini
(12) Nilakantha's, Bhava-deepa
(13) Yyamuna Muni Artha Sangraha
(14) Deshika Raksha
(15) Mahatmya at the end of each Adhyaya from Padma Purana
(16) Avigita Notes by Dhupkar Shashtri
B. The second Series contained eight commentaries.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

Sri Keshav Kashmiri Bhattacharya - Tattva Prakashika


Sri Madhusudana Saraswati - Gudhartha Dipika
Shri Shankarananda - Tatparya Bodhini
Sri Sridhar Swami - Subodhini
Sri Sadananda - Bhava Prakash
Sri Dhanapati Suri - Bhashyotkarsha Dipika
Sri Daivajna Pandit Surya - Paramartha Prapa
Sri Raghavendra - Artha Samgraha

The editors for this series were different. But somehow this is referred to as
Bakre edition on internet at various places
Editors:
Chapters 1 - 6 -- Shastri Jeevarama Lallurama
Chapters 7 - 12 -- Mahadeva Gangadhar Bakre
Chapters 13 - 18 -- Dinker Vishnu Gokhale
C. Wasudev Laxman Pansikar had published another volume with 8 commentaries.
Here all eight commentaries are from Advaita school and was publshed by
Pandurang Javji of Nirnaysagar Press. The commentaries are:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

Sri Sankaracharya,
Anandagiri,
Nilakathi...BChaturdhari
Dhanapati...Bhashyotkarasadipia
Sridhara....Subhodhini
Abhanavgupta....Gitartha Sangraha
Madhusudana Sarasvati....Gudartha Dipika
Dharmadatta....Gudartha Tattvaloka

D. In addition to the above there are the following commentaries in other


languages.
(1) Lokmanya Tilak....Gita Rahasya Marathi
(2) Bapat Shashtri....Criticism of Gita Rahasya
Marathi
(3) Janardan Sakharam Karandikar....Gita Tattva Manjari in Marathi, in support
of Gita Rahasya
(4) Winthrop Seargeant...English
(5) Wilkins...English... the first translation in English

(6) Tridandi Goswami....Gaudiya Mission...English


(7) Sadashiv Bhide...Rahasya Dipika...Marathi....in support of Gita Rahasya
(8) Sant Dynaneshwari....Dynaneshwari...Marathi
(9) Dandekar.....Translation of Dynaneshwari in Modern Marathi
(10) Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi---Gita Pravachan---three volumes ...Hindi
(11) Belvalkar---English Translation of Ananda Vardhan commentary
(12) Govindacharya....English translation of Ramanuja
(13) Mahadev Shashtri---English translation of Shankaracharya
(14) Narjanovic----English translation of Abhinav Gupta
(15) S. Radhakrishnan...English...largely bassed on Shankaracharya
(16) Sudama Simha....Hindi...Follows Ramanuja
(17) Vidyaprakashananda.....English....Follows Shankara
(18) BNK Sharma.....English translation of Madhavacharya
(19) Cockburn Thomson...published 1855
(20) Swami Velludi Krishna...talks
(21) Y V Kolhatkar...Gita Dharma...Criticises Gita Rahasya
(22) Sadhak Sanjivani...byu Gita Press Gorakhpur
(23) Goenka....in Hindi
(24) Dasopant...Gitanarva...Marathi..I have only Adhyaya 16
(25) Swami Dayanand...English..Gita Home Study Course
(26) Shankarnandi Vyakhya...Sanskrit... I have Adhyay 2 to 14 only
(27) Lahiri Mahasaya...Hindi...Follows Sridhara Swami
(28) Sadekar...Marathi...Madhavacharya commentary in Marathi
(29) Mahadeva Oka...Dnyaneshwari in Sanskrit...First 6 Adhyayas
(30) Urmila Sharma....Dnyaneshwari in Hindi
(31) Upanisad Brahma Yogin....Gitartha Prakasa...Sanskrit...Adyar Publication
(32) Satyanurthy Ayyangar....English
(33) Bhagavadacharya....Gita Tattva Vimarsha...Sanskrit
(34) Madhusudan Ojha...Gita Pravachan...Hindi
(35) Chintamani...SanskritSarvatobhadra of Ramakantha
(36) Chinmayananda....Hindi
(37) Sankaranarayana----Abhinava Gupta translation in English
(38) Gambhirananda...Shankara commentary in English
(39) Devdatta Sharma...Gita Yoga Pradipa....Hindi
(40) Satwalekar....Translated in English by Deshpande...Adhyaya 7 to 11
(41) Sonde....Madhavacharya Tatparya Nirnaya in English
(42) Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat....Dnyaneshwari translated in English
(43) T Subba Raow---Discourses...Theosophical Society...English
(44) Motilal ShashtriGita Vigyan Bhashya...Hindi...several volumes
(45) SN Tadpatrikar....Anandashram-112---Sarvatobhadra...Sanskrit
(46) SN Marulkar------Anandashram-92...Ramanuja Bhashya...Sanskrit
(47) VS Abhyankar...Anandashram-109
(48) HN Apte-----Anandashram-52....Neelkanth---in Sanskrit
(49) Kashinath Shashtri Agash....Anandashram-34...Shankara Bhashya
(50) Kashinath Shashtri Agashe...Anandashram-45..Madhusudan Saraswati + Shridhar
(51) Kashinath Shashtri AgasheAnandashram-44..HanumanthPaisachi
(52) Sadashiva Tirtha...Bhagvat Gita for Modern Times
(53) Annie Besant...Gita
(54) Bellamkonda...Sanskrit...in four volumes
(55) John Davies...Bhagvat Gita...English
(56) Journey Through Bhagvad Gita
(57) SM Katre-Bhagvad Gita Index
(58) Sant Tukaram...Mantra Gita
(59) Budhiraja...English---Gita a Study
(60) Vadekar...English...Gita, a Fresh Study
(61) Fosse-English...Bhagvad Gita
(62) Edgerton....English
(63) Shakuntala Rao Sastri....English
(64) Thoughts on Bhagvad Gita...English...Author unknown
(65) Aurobindo...Essays on Gita
(66) Divanji.... Word Index to Gita
(67) Bengali BabaEnglish...Gita..Solution to life problems
(68) Phillipe de La Coste...English

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