• The Brahma Sūtras (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मसूत्राणि), also known as the Vedanta Sūtra (Sanskrit: वेदान्त सूत्र), Shariraka Sūtra, and Bhikshu-sūtra, are a Sanskrit...
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    १.१.५॥ — Brahma Sutra 1.1.1–1.1.5 Some examples of sutra texts in various schools of Hindu philosophy include Brahma Sutras (or Vedanta Sutra) – a Sanskrit...
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    The Brahma Sutras of Bādarāyana, also called the Vedānta Sutra, were compiled in its present form around 400–450 CE, but "the great part of the Sutra must...
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  • Prasthānatrayī, translated as 'the three sources': the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita. All Vedanta traditions are exegetical in nature...
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    Vyasa (section Brahma Sutras)
    into four texts, as well as the author of the eighteen Purāṇas and the Brahma Sutras. Vyasa is regarded by many Hindus as a partial incarnation (Sanskrit:...
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  • "highest purusha" (paramatman), superior to both kshara and akshara. The Brahma Sutra 1.2.13 references Chandogya Upanishad 4.15.1, which describes the purusha...
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    karma-yoga, thus preferring the term bhakti-yoga over bhakti. Shankara's Brahma Sutra Bhashya (4.1.7) defines upasana as a "lengthened carrying on of an identical...
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    commentary is the Brahmasutrabhasya (literally, commentary on Brahma Sutras). The Brahma Sutras are a fundamental text of the Vedanta school of Hinduism....
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  • and suffers. A version of the problem of evil appears in the ancient Brahma Sutras, probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE, a foundational text of...
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  • studied Indian philosophy and Brahma Sutra during 10th century CE. It is said that 6th Shankaracharya given him a text Brahma Sutra. As a philosopher he worked...
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  • "SriBhashya - Ramanuja's Commentary on Brahma Sutra (Vedanta Sutra) - Brahma Sutra Sribhashya Ramanuja Vedanta Sutra Commentary Ramanuja204". Bharatadesam...
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  • word is widely used in other contexts, such as "cosmic time" (one day for Brahma, 4.32 billion human years), as well as "formal procedures" in medicine or...
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    The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (IAST: Patañjali yoga-sūtras) is a compilation "from a variety of sources" of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the practice...
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    The Kama Sutra (/ˈkɑːmə ˈsuːtrə/; Sanskrit: कामसूत्र, pronunciation, Kāma-sūtra; lit. 'Principles of Love') is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on...
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  • period[citation needed]. This school considers the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagvad Gita as authoritative texts. Schools that do not accept...
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    Sampradāya. Srinivasacharya composed Vedānta-Kaustubha (a commentary on the Brahma Sūtra) at the request of Nimbārkacārya. Srinivasacharya's philosophical framework...
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  • His first known work was a commentary on the Vedanta-sutra or Brahma-sutra, entitled Brahma-sutra-karika-bhasya. It was composed by Vidyabhusana under...
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  • school of Hindu philosophy. He is also credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras. Both Badarayana and Jaimini quoted each other as they analyzed each...
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    including but not limited to, the Aṇubhāṣya (his commentary on the Brahma Sutras), Ṣoḍaśa Grantha or sixteen tracts and several commentaries on the Bhāgavata...
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    Jainism is comparable with that of the Brahma Sutras and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in Hinduism. In an aphoristic sutra style of ancient Indian texts, it presents...
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    commentaries on the Principal Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras (Prasthanatrayi), and is credited with thirty seven works in Sanskrit...
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  • texts of other orthodox schools such as the Vaisesikha Sutras, Nyaya Sutras and Brahma Sutras. Yoga as a separate school of thought is mentioned in Indian...
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  • Indian philosopher and sage who was the reputed author of the Brahma Sutras. The Brahma Sutras is a source text for the Hindu philosophical school of Vedānta...
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    interpretation and harmonisation of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gītā, and the Brahma Sūtras, integrating both dualistic and non-dualistic interpretations of these...
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    philosopher Ramanuja (1017–1137). It is his commentary on Badarayana's Vedanta/Brahma Sutra. In his commentary, Ramanuja presents the fundamental philosophical principles...
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  • अभिध्योपदेशाच्च | (Brahma Sutra 1.4.24), and that all transmigratory existence has no beginning - उपपद्यते चाप्युलभ्यते च | (Brahma Sutra 2.1.36). Tantra...
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    sutras, and samhitas Dharma Shastra Artha Śastra Shilpa Shastras Kama Sutra Brahma Sutras Samkhya Sutras Mimamsa Sutras Nyāya Sūtras Vaiśeṣika Sūtra Yoga...
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    tradition equates sat ("the Existent") with Brahman, as stated in the Brahma Sutras, the Chandogya Upanishad itself does not refer to Brahman. According...
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    Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana...
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    schools; for example, in Uttara Mīmāṃsā Sutras Book 2 Chapter 1; the 8th century arguments by Adi Sankara in Brahma Sutra bhasya where he posits that God cannot...
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