Mandukya Karika

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Advaita Vedanta text Upanishadic commentary commentary philosophical text

Mandukya Karika is a foundational Advaita Vedanta text by Gaudapada that systematically expounds the non-dual philosophy of the Mandukya Upanishad through metrical commentary.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gaudapada-bhashya	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Advaita Vedanta text ⓘ Upanishadic commentary ⓘ commentary ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ
aimsTo	establish non-dual reality ⓘ systematically expound the Mandukya Upanishad ⓘ
associatedPractice	contemplation of AUM ⓘ self-inquiry ⓘ
associatedWith	Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Gaudapada NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Mandukya Upanishad NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus	foundational text of Advaita Vedanta ⓘ
centralConcept	Advaita NERFINISHED ⓘ Atman NERFINISHED ⓘ Brahman ⓘ Turiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
chapterCount	4 ⓘ
commentaryOn	Mandukya Upanishad NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentedOnBy	Adi Shankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	AUM NERFINISHED ⓘ non-dual reality ⓘ states of consciousness ⓘ
genre	karika ⓘ
hasPart	Advaita Prakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ Agama Prakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ Alata Shanti Prakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaitathya Prakarana NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Adi Shankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
period	early medieval India ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	non-dualism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	dream and waking states ⓘ identity of Atman and Brahman ⓘ illusoriness of the world ⓘ nature of consciousness ⓘ non-origination (ajati-vada) ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
relatedWork	Brahma Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaudapada Karika NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandukya Upanishad NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Devanagari ⓘ
structure	four chapters ⓘ
studiedIn	traditional Vedanta curricula ⓘ
tradition	Advaita Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmittedIn	Advaita monastic lineages ⓘ
usesMethod	rational analysis ⓘ scriptural exegesis ⓘ
verseForm	metrical ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mandukya Upanishad → influenced → Mandukya Karika ⓘ

Samkhyakarika → hasCommentary → Mandukya Karika ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaudapada-bhashya