Footnotes
[1]. The philosophic basis of the book is primarily the Sānkhya system which is essentially atheistic.
[2]. Dr. Lorinser’s attempt (Die Bhagavadgītā, übersetzt und erläutert von Dr. F. Lorinser, 1869) to prove that the author of the Gītā borrowed many ideas from the Bible must be pronounced a failure. Cf. Garbe, 19, 83-85; Max Müller, Natural Religion, 97-100; Hopkins, R. I., 429.
[3]. On the religion of the Rigveda see Kaegi, 27-74; Hopkins, R. I., Chaps. II-VI; Macdonell, 67-115; Bose, H.C., I, 6-9; Dutt, C.A.I., Vol. I, Chap. V; Monier-Williams, Chap. I.
[4]. Hopkins, R.I., 141; Macdonell, 385; Garbe, 1-2; Kaegi, 87.
[5]. E.g., X, 90.
[6]. X, 81; 82; 121.
[7]. X, 129.
[8]. Kaegi, 3; Macdonell, 171-174.
[9]. Kaegi, 4; Macdonell, 174-185.