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Subject: Gandhiji's Personal Gita to be Auctioned
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Date: 6 Nov 1995 01:37:27 GMT
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LONDON (Reuter) - Indian independence crusader Mahatma Gandhi's
personal copy of ``The Bhagavadgita,'' the sacred Hindu text that he regarded
as a major influence on his life, is to be sold at auction in Britain.
Phillips auction house said on Monday the book would be sold on November
9, when it is expected to fetch 4,000 to 8,000 pounds ($6,300 to $12,600).
Phillips said in a statement that Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1948,
had once described the work as ``the supreme book for the knowledge of the
truth.''
Gandhi's copy is an English edition from 1898. Autographed and inscribed,
it is marked up in pencil by Gandhi throughout.
The Bhagavadgita -- an episode in the epic ``Mahabharata'' -- is believed
to date from the fifth to second centuries BC and is still regarded as one of
India's greatest religious works.
Gandhi was introduced to the book in the 1890s when studying law in
London.
``He had many translations of the same book but this wasn't one he just
kept on the shelf. From the annotations, he clearly used it as a working copy
and actually studied from it,'' a spokeswoman for Phillips said.
The auction house said the vendor is a private British collector, but
declined to give further details.
Reuters/Variety
Reut16:15 10-30-95
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