Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Essays on the Gita
Aurobindo's 1916-20 commentary on the Bhagavad Gita — integral-Vedantic reading
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Essays on the Gita (Mature) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Essays on the Gita
The 1916-20 serial-composition period; the deeper Gita-historical-mythological time.
Space
Essays on the Gita
The Pondicherry ashram setting; the Mahabharata-mythological battlefield setting.
Matter
Essays on the Gita
The embodied Arjuna and Krishna whose dialogue the Gita records.
Observer
Essays on the Gita
The yogic-philosophical reader as proper participant-observer.
Energy
Essays on the Gita
The yogic-philosophical energies of the commentary.
Information
Essays on the Gita
The integral-Vedantic content of the systematic Gita-commentary.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Essays on the Gita is widely cited as among the major modern Indian commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita; traditional-Advaita and traditional-Vaishnava commentators have their own competing readings.