An Addendum to “ Many Gitas in Hinduism"

 An Addendum to “ Many Gitas in Hinduism"

 Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā' of the Bhīṣma Parva in the Mahābhārata remains by far the most popular, nonetheless, there are umpteen Gītās - some of which are well-known, and others might never be heard of.
Here, is a tabular compilation list of various Gītās from different sources.
Vaiṣṇava Sect

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student/ Sishya
1.	Śrīmada Bhagavada Gīta	Mahābhārata	Krishna (Viṣhṇu)	Arjuna
2.	Uttara Gītā	Mahābhārata (Aśvemedha Parva)	Krishna	Arjuna
3.	Arjunopākhyāna	Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (Nirvāṇa Prakaraṇa) (Purvārdha): Sargas 52 to 58	Krishna [Vasiṣṭha]	Arjuna [Rāma]
4.	Anu Gītā	Mahābhārata (Aśvemedhika Parva)	Krishna	Arjuna
5.	Sr Viṣhṇu Gītā	Independent Work	Vishnu	All other deities
6.	Vaiṣhṇava Gītā	Independent Work	Krishna	Arjuna
7.	Śrī Rāma Gītā	Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa	Śrī Rāma (Siva)	Laksmana (Parvati)
8.	Śrī Rāma Gītā	Tattvasaṁgrah (by Vasiṣṭha)	Śrī Rāma	Hanumān
9.	Śrī Rāma Gītā	Skanda Purāṇa	Śukadeva	Sanatkumar	-
10.	Śrī Rāma Gītā	Adbhuta Rāmāyaṇa	Śrī Rāma	Hanumāna

Śaiva Sect:

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student/ Sishya
1.	Śiva Gītā	Padma Purāṇa	Śiva (Rudra)	Śrī Rāma
2.	Īśvara Gītā	Kurma Purāṇa	Śiva	Various Deities
3.	Rudra Gītā	Srimada Bhagvatama Purāṇa	Rudra (Śiva)	Pracehtas
4.	Rudra Gītā	Varaha Purāṇa	Rudra (Śiva)	Mahaṛṣi Agastya
5.	Brahma Gītā	Skanda Purāṇa (Sūta Sahiṃtā)	Brahmā	Various deities
6.	Sūta Gītā	Skanda Purāṇa (Sūta Sahiṃtā)	Sūta	Various Sages
7.	Śrī Śhambhu Gītā	Independent work	Sadaśiva (Vyāsa)	Pitṛs (Sūta)

Śakta Sect

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Devī Gītā	Devī Bhāgvata Purāṇa	Ādi Śakti	Himāvana
2.	Saptaśatī Gītā	Mārkanḍeya Purāṇa	Medha Muni	King Surath
3.	Śrī Bhagavatī Gītā	MahāBhāgvata Purāṇa (An Upa-Purāṇa )	Ādi Śakti [Mahādeva]	Himāvana [Nārada]
4.	Śrī Śakti Gītā	Independent Work	Devī (Vyāsa)	Various deities (Sūta)

Gāṇapatya Sect

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Gaṇeśa Gītā	Gaṇeśa Purāṇa	Bhagvān Gaṇeśa	Himāvana
2.	Dhīśa Gītā	Independent Work	Gaṇeśa (Vyasa)	Various sages (Suta)

Saura Sect

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Sūrya Gītā - 1	Guru-jñāna-vāsiṣṭha Tattva-sārāyaṇa Karmakāṇḍa	Bhagvān Sūrya [Dakṣiṇāmūrti]	Aruṇa (sārathī) [Brahmā]
2.	Sūrya Gītā - 2	Independent Work	Bhagvān Sūrya [Vyāsa]	Saptarṣi [Sūta]

Advaita-Vedānta

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Avadhuta Gītā	Independent work	Bhagvān Dattātreya	-
2.	Aṣtāvakra Gītā	Independent Work	Ṛṣi Aṣtāvakra	King Janaka
3.	Siddha Gītā	Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (Upaśama Prakaraṇa)	Ṛṣi Vāsiṣṭha	Śrī Rāma
4.	Vāsiṣṭha Gītā	Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (Nirvāṇa Prakaraṇa)	Ṛṣi Vāsiṣṭha	Śrī Rāma
5.	Brahma Gītā	Yoga Vāsiṣṭha (Nirvāṇa Prakaraṇa Uttarārdha)	Ṛṣi Vāsiṣṭha	Śrī Rāma
6.	Yajñavarāha Gitā	Guru-jñāna-vāsiṣṭha	Bhagvān Viṣṇu	Ṛbhu

From the Mahābhārata (Śanti Parva):

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Aśmaka Gitā	[Chapter 28 & 29] Rājdharma Parva	Ṛṣi Vyāsa	Yudhiṣṭhira
2.	Utathya Gitā	Rājdharma Parva	Utathya [Bhiṣma]	King Yauvāśva [Yudhiṣṭhira]
3.	Vāmadeva Gitā	Rājdharma Parva	Vāmadeva [Bhiṣma]	King Vasumanas [Yudhiṣṭhira]
4.	Ṛṣabha Gitā	Rājdharma Parva	Sage Ṛṣabha [Bhiṣma]	King Sumitra [Yudhiṣṭhira]
5.	Ṣaḍja Gitā	Ch. 167 Āpaddharma Parva	Vidura	Pāṇḍavas
6.	Senajit Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
7.	Śampāka Gītā	Mokṣadharma Parva	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
8.	Maṅki Gitā	Anuśāsana Parva	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
9.	Vicakhnu Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva 12.265	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
10.	Hārīta Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva - Ch. 278	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
11.	Vṛtra Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva	Bhiṣma	Yudhiṣṭhira
12.	Parāśara Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva	Ṛṣi Parāśara [Bhiṣma]	King Janaka [Yudhiṣṭhira]
13.	Haṁsa Gitā	Mokṣadharma Parva	Ṛṣi Prajāpati Brahmā [Bhiṣma]	Sādhyas [Yudhiṣṭhira]
14.	Bhṛgu Gitā	Kumbakonam Edition Mokṣadharma Parva	Ṛṣi Bhṛgu [Bhiṣma]	Ṛṣi Bhardvāja [Yudhiṣṭhira]

Some Other Gītās from the Paurāṇika literature:

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Kapila Gītā	Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (ŚB) 3.23-33	Kapila Muni	Devahūti
2.	Bhikṣu Gītā	ŚB 11.23	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Uddhava
3.	Bhramara Gītā	ŚB 10.40-46	Nārāyaṇa	Akrūra	-
4.	Śruti Gitā	ŚB 10.87(1-50)	Śukadeva	Parikṣit
5.	Aila Gītā	ŚB 11.26	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Uddhava
6.	Vyāsa Gītā (same as Īśvara Gītā)	Kūrma Purāṇa	Mahaṛṣi Vyāsa	Various Sages
7.	Yama Gītā - 1	Viṣṇu Purāṇa 3.7	Yamarāja [Mahaṛṣi Parāśara]	Yama's attendant [Maitreya]
8.	Pṛthvī Gītā	Viṣṇu Purāṇa 4.24	Earth (goddess)	-
9.	Pitṛ Gītā	Varāha Purāṇa (Ch. 13)	Pitṛas	-
10.	Yama Gītā - 2	Agni Purāṇa (Ch. 382)	Yamarāja [Agni]	Naciketas [Vasiṣṭha]
11.	Agastya Gītā	Varāha Purāṇa (Ch. 51 to 67)	Bhagvān Varāha [Ṛṣi Agastya]	Earth (goddess) [King Bhadrāśva]

Miscellaneous/Untraceable Gitas:

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
1.	Pāṇḍava Gītā	Independent Work	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Various exalted personalities
2.	Nārada Gītā	Independent Work	Bhagvān Viṣṇu	Nārada
3.	Guru Gītā	Independent Work	Bhagvān Śiva [Sūta]	Bhagvatī Pārvatī [Sages]
4.	Yājñavalkya Gītā	Independent Work	Yājñavalkya	Gārgī
5.	Garbha Gītā	Viṣṇu Purāṇa (non-extant)	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Arjuna
6.	Jīvanmukta Gītā	Independent Work	Dattātreya	-
7.	Jñāna Gītā - 1	Independent Work	-	-
8.	Jñāna Gītā - 2	Independent Work	-	-
9.	Vāsiṣṭha Gītā	Independent Work	Vāsiṣṭha	Rāma
10.	Arjuna Gītā	Independent Work	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Arjuna
11.	Siddhānta Gītā (1) & (2)	Atharvaṇaveda Rahasya	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Arjuna
12.	Karma Gītā	Padma Purāṇa (non-extant)	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Arjuna
13.	Mokṣa Gītā (1)	-	-	-
14.	Mokṣa Gītā (2)	-	Svāmī Śivānanda	Śivānanda's Pupils	-
15.	Pañcaratna Gītā	-	-	-
16.	Śrī Sanyāsa Gītā	-	Yājñavalkya	Sages
17.	Kabīra Gītā	-	-	-
18.	Jānkī Gītā	untraceable	-	-
19.	Navavasanta Gītā	untraceable	-	-
20.	Ārṣa Gītā	Haṁsayogin (author)	-	-
21.	Kṛṣṇa Gītā	Somnāth (author)	-	-
22.	The Praṇava Gītā	manuscript lost	-	-
23.	Ṛbhu Gītā	Skanda Purāṇa (saṁhitā version)	-	-
24.	Kāvaṣeya Gītā	Brahmānḍa Purāṇa (non-extant)	-	-	-
25.	Vālmikī Gītā	-	-	-
26.	Nārāyaṇa Gītā	Nīlakaṇṭha Brahmacārī (author)	-	-
27.	Pañcādaśa Gītā	Independent Work	Multiple personalities	Multiple personalities

The Pañcādaśa Gītā collection:

Nine Gitas are distributed over 15 chapters to yield the Pañcādaśa Gītā.

Sr. No.	Gītā name	Origin Text	Deity / Teacher	Student
27.1	Kāśyapa Gītā	Independent Work	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Yudhiṣṭhira
27.2	Śaunaka Gītā	Independent Work	Śaunaka	Yudhiṣṭhira
27.3	Aṣtāvakra Gītā	Independent Work	Sage Lomaśa	-
27.4	Nahuṣa Gītā	Independent Work	Yudhiṣṭhira (Nahuṣa)	Nahuṣa (Yudhiṣṭhira)
27.5	Sarasva Gītā	Independent Work	Sarasvatī (Goddess)	Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
27.6	Yudhiṣṭhira Gītā	Independent Work	Vaiśampāyana	Janamejaya
27.7	Baka Gītā	Independent Work	Ṛṣi Mārkanḍeya	Yudhiṣṭhira	-
27.8	Dharmavyādha Pāṇḍava Gītā	Independent Work	Vyādha
27.9	Śrīkṛṣṇa Gītā	Mahābhārat	Śrī Kṛṣṇa	Arjuna

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Conclusion

 "Many readers have shown keen interest and commented on "Many Gitas in Hinduism." Since the article will be lengthy, I couldn’t include more details. So it is now shown as an add-on. The materials are collected from HinduismStackExchange.com. Hope this will be of interest to inquisitive minds."

"Upon statistical review, there are just over a hundred "gītās" on the preceding pages, with a total of over twenty thousand "Ślokas" contained within them. If we delve further into the scriptures, the count of Gītās may well exceed 200, at the very least.