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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Abbreviations XI
4. Introduction XIII
5. PART I
6. I. The Māṇḍūkya and the Āgama-śāstra 1
7. II. The Māṇḍūkya and the later Upaniṣads 41
8. III. Two conflicting interpretations Māṇḍūkya of the 47 in some medieval treatises 47
9. IV. The Māṇḍūkya and the Chāndogya Upaniṣad 57
10. V. The Māṇḍūkya and the Brhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 61
11. VI. The Māṇḍūkya and the Maitrī Upaniṣad 67
12. PART II
13. VII. The Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa of the Āgama-śāstra 69
14. VIII. The Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa and the traditions of the Śaṃkara school concerning the Āgama-śāstra 83
15. IX. The Āgama-śāstra as a quartet of independent treatises 89
16. X. Was Śaṃkara the author of the Āgama-śāstra- vivaraṇa? 97
17. XI. What we know about Gauḍapāda from the oldest available sources 113
18. XII. Other textual evidence which has been adduced 127 in support of the Śaṃkara school's traditions about Gauḍapāda 127
19. XIII. A new theory about Gauḍapāda and the author- 1 ship of the Āgama-śāstra and the Āgama-śāstra- vivaraṇa? 137
20. PART III
21. XIV. The philosophy of the Māṇḍūkya 147
22. Appendixes
23. Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad 163
24. Āgama-prakaraṇa 167
25. Vaitathya-prakaraṇa 171
26. Advaita-prakaraṇa 175
27. Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa 181
28. Notes 193
29. Glossary 223
30. Abbreviations 231
31. Bibliography 233
32. About the author 241