A Study of the Vedanta in the Light of Brahmasutras

This is a unique and distinct work. It studies the Vedanta school of Sankaracarya, Bhaskara, Ramanujacarya, Nimbarkacarya, Madhvacarya, Vallabhacarya and other neglected schools of Srikantha, Sripati Pandit, Vijnana-bhiksu and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. It gives an emphasis on the great Acaryas Brahmasutras commenta-ries with reference to the philosophically important topics, which are discussed in the first four sutras (Catuchutri) in particular and other specific sutras in general. A study of the Vedanta Schools with reference to the Brahmasutra commentaries exposes the distinct characteristics of the Vedanta schools by classifying them with a new parameter of Tantrism. A novel classification of Vedanta schools in terms of Srauta (Aupanisadic schools) and Puranic schools gives us a clue to understand truly the texture and nature of the Brahmasutra. A study of the Vedanta schools in the light of Brahmasutra commentaries gives a new direction to the study of the Brahmasutras.

About the Author

Shailaja Bapat teaches Indian philosophy and Vedanta system to M.A. in the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of Pune, Pune-411007. Her numbers of students are awarded Ph.D. Degree. Two books-Bibliography of Advaita Vedanta (1999) and Bibliography of Suddhadvaita Vedanta (2000) are on her credit. Her erudite articles on the Samkhya, Nyaya-Vaisesika and Vedanta systems are published in different books and journals. A work undertaken by her, entitled A critical Edition of the Brahmasutras (based on two hundred manuscripts in the various scripts) with English Translation and Critical Notes will soon be published.