Brahmasūtra | Pandit

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ID: 88037

First Published

: Wed, Jun 1, 2016

Substantive Revision

: Thu, May 23, 2019

Contributors

: Karl Potter, Omer Kessler, Yigal Bronner

Basics

Authors

Alternative names

Vedāntasūtra

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Śārīrakamīmāṃsāsūtra

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Brahmamīmāṃsāsūtra

Disciplines

Vedānta (general)

Works

Commentaries on this work

Vedāntasūtravyākhyācandrikā

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Vedāntapārijātasaurabha on Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Śārīrakamīmāṃsānyāyasaṃgraha

Adhikāramañjarī

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Brahmasūtrāṇubhāṣya

Nyāyavivaraṇa

Dīpikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Śrīkarabhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vṛtti on Samanvayasūtras of Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Pampā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Śāstrasaṃgraha on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Tātparyaprakāśa on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Anubhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Upanyāsa on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Mitākṣarā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vijñānāmṛta

Nyāyarakṣāmaṇi

Parimala on Śamkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Vṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Parāśaryavijaya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vastutattvaprakāśikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vedāntanayanabhūṣaṇa on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Arthadīpikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Commentary on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Tantradīpikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Sūkṣmatamavṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Viṣayavākyavivṛti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Brahmasuṭrakutūhala

Brahmāmṛtavarṣiṇī

Adhikaraṇānukramaṇikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Marīcikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Paiśācabhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāvaprakāśikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Siddhāntamuktāvalī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Tattvaprakāśikā

Vṛtti on Bāḍarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtras

Vaiyāsikabrahmamīmāṃsāsārasaṃgraha

Advaitamañjarī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Dīpikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Saṅkṣiptavyākhyā

Tātparyavivaraṇa on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Subodhinī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on the kārikās of Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Commentary on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Uttaramīmāṃsāsārārthasudhā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣyabhānuprabhā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Brahmānandaprakāśikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Nayamālikā on the adhikaraṇas of Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Nṛsiṃhaśārīrakabhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Tilaka on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Advaitasūtrārthapaddhati on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Kutūhala on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Upasūtrasaṃgraha on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Arthacandrikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Arthamaṇipravāladīpikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vedāntanavamālikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Śaktibhāṣya

Prakāśa on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vidyānandavṛtti

Vyākhyā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Nyāyasaṃgrahādi Prabandhaṣaṭka on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Commentary on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras and Śaṃkara's Bhāṣya

Ratnamālā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Arthapadyamālikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Ācāryapañcasat on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Āryamaṅgalamālikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Divyacaritaratnāvalī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Āvṛttisūtravyākhyā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras IV.1.1

Vārtikodgrāhiṇī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Āryadviśatikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Rahasyasaṃgraha on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Adhikaraṇārthasaṃgraha on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Arthacandrikā on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Advaitaratnākara on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bāḍarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vedāntanyāyaratnāvalī on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Ānandabhāṣya

Brahmasūtravṛtti

Vṛtti on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Śrīkṛṣṇacaitanya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Tattvaratnāvalī

Śrīviśiṣṭādvaita Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Commentary on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Bhāṣya on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Vārttika on Bādarāyaṇa's Brahmasūtras

Adhikaraṇamālā

Brahmamīmāṃsāvṛtti

Brahmasūtrabhāṣyaṭīkā

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Brahmasūtravyākhyānaṭīkā

Vyāsasūtravṛtti

Brahmasūtrabhāṣyaṭīkā

Govindabhāṣya

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya

Brahmasūtrabhāṣyavyākhyā

Śārīrakamīmāṃsā Bhāṣya

Śārīrakamīmāṃsā Bhāṣya Chapter I

Śārīrakamīmāṃsā Bhāṣya Chapter 2, 3 & 4

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