Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals
Brahma Sūtra Bhāṣya
Śaṅkara's monumental commentary on the Sūtras, and the foundation document of Advaita as a school.
c. 8th century · Ādi Śaṅkara
- When
- c. 8th century
- Behind it
- Ādi Śaṅkara
- Where it sits
- Śaṅkara and the Advaita manuals
Where the tradition stops being poetry and becomes argument, objection and reply.
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- Advaita Śāradā: Śaṅkara's works in the original, Sringeri Sharada Peetham — Sringeri Jagadguru lineage The Sringeri maṭha's own digital edition of the bhāṣyas, from the seat Śaṅkara founded.
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