Badarayana

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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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Brahma Sutras 0
Badri Narayan 1

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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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Badrinath associatedDeityForm Badarayana
this entity surface form: Badri Narayan
Vyasa hasAlternativeName Badarayana