Texts and Translation in English with the Introductory Essay
The Vedanta Doctrine of Sankaracharya
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Sankaracharya's immortal Hymn Dakshina murti stotra and Dakshinamurti Upanishad and the two works of Suresvaracharya's Manasollasa and Pranava Vartika, herein epitomise the whole Vedanta Doctrine, as expounded by the two authors in their commentaries on the Upanishads, form a good introduction to a study of the subject. The author, Mahadeva Sastri, in his introduction to Sures'varacharya's Manasollasa, refers to various philo-sophical systems of his day, treating briefly of the origin, methods, and fundamental tenets of the several systems of Vedanta it refers to, so that the reader may have a comprehensive view of the whole range of Indian philo-sophy, at whose summit, towering high above all, stands Vedanta, the pinnacle of Aryan thought. The reader will also be struck with the catholicity of the teaching, which is not addressed to any particular class of people nor contains any reference to distinctions of caste and religious order. While concisely stating the process by which the oneness of Self and the unreality of all else is established. Manasollasa is more original and telling than any of the later manuals which state the doctrine as derived from the expositions of the two eminent leaders of the Advaita-Vedanta school of thought. Suresvaracharya's exposition of the Vedanta Doctrine is often very original and is throughout marked with such thoroughness, precision, and clearness that it forms a very valuable supplement to the teachings of the Upanishads; and its authority on all knotty points acknowledged with due reverence and submission by all the Advaitic writers of later days.
Sankaracharya's immortal Hymn Dakshinamurti stotra and Dakshinamurti Upanishad and the two works of Suresvaracharya's Manasollasa and Pranava Vartika, herein epitomise the whole Vedanta Doctrine, as expounded by the two authors in their commentaries on the Upanishads, form a good introduction to a study of the subject. The author, Mahadeva Sastri, in his introduction to Sures'varacharya's Manasollasa, refer to various existing philosophical systems, treating briefly of the origin, methods, and fundamental tenets of the several systems of Vedanta it refers to, so that the reader may have a comprehensive view of the whole range of Indian Philosophy, at whose summit, towering high above all, stands Vedanta, the pinnacle of Indian thought. Contains the Original Sanskrit text of Manasollasa with the commentary and meaning in English with the Pramana Vartika and Dakshinamoorti Upanishad.
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