[gai karmaṇi kta] A name given to certain sacred writings in verse (often in the form of a dialogue) which are devoted to the exposition of particular religious and theoso- phical doctrines; e. g. śivagītā, rāma- gītā, bhagavadgītā. But the name ap- pears to be especially confined to- the last, the Bhagavadgītā; gītā- sugītā kartavyā kimanyaiḥ śāstravistaraiḥ. yā svayaṃ padmanābhasya mukhapadmādviniḥsṛtā.. quoted by...