Badarayana

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Hindu philosopher Hindu philosophical text Vedanta philosopher Vedanta scripture ancient Indian sage author

Badarayana is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras, a foundational text of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Badarayana canonical	2
Badri Narayan	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosopher ⓘ Hindu philosophical text ⓘ Vedanta philosopher ⓘ Vedanta scripture ⓘ ancient Indian sage ⓘ author ⓘ
alternativeName	Bādarāyaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy ⓘ
associatedWithText	Bhagavad Gita NERFINISHED ⓘ Upanishads NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Badarayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
BrahmaSutrasRole	codifier of Vedantic aphorisms ⓘ
BrahmaSutrasStructure	aphoristic sutra style ⓘ
BrahmaSutrasSubject	interpretation of Upanishadic passages ⓘ nature of Brahman ⓘ paths to liberation (moksha) ⓘ relationship between Atman and Brahman ⓘ
canonicalStatus	founder of the Vedanta system ⓘ
coreDoctrine	Brahman as ultimate reality ⓘ interpretation of Upanishadic teachings ⓘ
era	ancient India ⓘ
field	Hindu theology ⓘ epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ
floruit	circa 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
historicity	details of life uncertain ⓘ
inferredFrom	traditional Hindu accounts ⓘ
influenced	Adi Shankara NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhva NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramanuja NERFINISHED ⓘ later Vedanta commentators ⓘ
inReligiousCanon	acknowledged by all major Vedanta sub-schools ⓘ
knownFor	authoring the Brahma Sutras ⓘ systematizing Vedanta philosophy ⓘ
legacy	central authority for Vedanta exegesis ⓘ
name	Badarayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Uttara Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Devanagari (in later manuscripts) ⓘ
textLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
tradition	Vedic tradition ⓘ
work	Brahma Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Badarayana
Description of subject: Badarayana is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras, a foundational text of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy.

Referenced by (3)

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Vyasa → hasAlternativeName → Badarayana ⓘ

Brahma Sutras → authorTraditionallyAttributedTo → Badarayana ⓘ

Badrinath → associatedDeityForm → Badarayana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Badri Narayan