Brahma Sutras

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Hindu philosophical text Prasthana Trayi text Sutra literature Vedanta scripture

The Brahma Sutras are a foundational Hindu philosophical text that systematically codifies and interprets the teachings of the Upanishads, forming a core scriptural basis for Vedanta.

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Label Occurrences
Brahma Sutras canonical 31
Brahma Sutra Bhashya 2
Badarayana Sutras 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosophical text ⓘ
Prasthana Trayi text ⓘ
Sutra literature ⓘ
Vedanta scripture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brahma Sutras ⓘ
surface form: Badarayana Sutras

Brahma Sutras ⓘ
surface form: Vedanta Sutras
approximateVerseCount 555 ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Vedanta ⓘ
authorTraditionallyAttributedTo Badarayana ⓘ
canonicalStatusInVedanta one of three canonical sources along with Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
chapterCount 4 ⓘ
commentaryTradition Advaita commentaries ⓘ
Dvaita commentaries ⓘ
Vishishtadvaita commentaries ⓘ
genre aphoristic philosophical sutras ⓘ
hasNotableCommentaryBy Adi Shankaracharya ⓘ
Baladeva Vidyabhushana ⓘ
Madhvacharya ⓘ
Nimbarkacharya ⓘ
surface form: Nimbarka

Ramanujacharya ⓘ
Vallabhacharya ⓘ
hasPart Avirodha Adhyaya ⓘ
Phala Adhyaya ⓘ
Sadhana Adhyaya ⓘ
Samanvaya Adhyaya ⓘ
influenced Achintya Bheda Abheda ⓘ
surface form: Achintya Bhedabheda Vedanta

Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
Bhedabheda Vedanta ⓘ
Dvaita ⓘ
surface form: Dvaita Vedanta

Shuddhadvaita Vedanta ⓘ
Vishishtadvaita ⓘ
surface form: Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
influenceOn Hindu devotional traditions (bhakti) ⓘ
later Hindu theology ⓘ
inReligiousPractice recited and commented upon in advanced scriptural study ⓘ
studied in traditional Vedanta monasteries ⓘ
interprets Upanishads ⓘ
partOf Brahma Sutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prasthana Trayi
philosophicalFocus epistemology of scriptural knowledge ⓘ
refutation of rival schools ⓘ
systematization of Upanishadic teachings ⓘ
primaryLanguage Sanskrit ⓘ
purpose to establish a coherent doctrine of Brahman ⓘ
to reconcile apparently conflicting Upanishadic statements ⓘ
refutes Buddhist philosophies ⓘ
Jain philosophies ⓘ
Mimamsa ⓘ
surface form: Purva Mimamsa (certain views)

Samkhya philosophy ⓘ
Yoga philosophy (certain views) ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
scripturalStatus foundational text of Vedanta ⓘ
structure four chapters ⓘ
subject Brahman ⓘ
surface form: Atman

Brahman ⓘ
liberation (moksha) ⓘ
nature of reality ⓘ
relationship between Brahman and individual self ⓘ
relationship between Brahman and world ⓘ
timePeriodTraditionallyDated early centuries CE ⓘ

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