Avadhuta Gita
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Avadhuta Gita (Devanagari: अवधूत गीता, IAST: Avadhūta Gītā) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism whose title means "Song of the free soul".[1] The text's poetry is based on the principles of Advaita and Dvaita schools of Hindu philosophy.[2][3][4][5]
The text is attributed to Dattatreya,[6] and extant manuscripts have been dated to approximately the 9th or 10th century CE. It consists of 289 shlokas (metered verses), divided into eight chapters.[1] The first seven chapters are the text's oldest layer, and the eight chapter is likely a later interpolation.[7] It may have been composed in the deccan states of India, probably Maharashtra.[8] Avadhuta Gita has been one of the most important texts of the Natha Yogi tradition of Hinduism.[8]