The Māṇḍukya Upanisad and the Āgama Śāstra: An Investigation into the Meaning of the Vedānta

Thomas E. Wood

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The Māṇḍukya Upanisad and the Āgama Śāstra

An Investigation into the Meaning of the Vedānta

Thomas E. Wood

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1990

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Volume 8 | Monographs of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
PART I
I. The Māṇḍūkya and the Āgama-śāstra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
II. The Māṇḍūkya and the later Upaniṣads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
III. Two conflicting interpretations Māṇḍūkya of the 47 in some medieval treatises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
IV. The Māṇḍūkya and the Chāndogya Upaniṣad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
V. The Māṇḍūkya and the Brhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
VI. The Māṇḍūkya and the Maitrī Upaniṣad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
PART II
VII. The Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa of the Āgama-śāstra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
VIII. The Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa and the traditions of the Śaṃkara school concerning the Āgama-śāstra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
IX. The Āgama-śāstra as a quartet of independent treatises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
X. Was Śaṃkara the author of the Āgama-śāstra- vivaraṇa? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
XI. What we know about Gauḍapāda from the oldest available sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
XII. Other textual evidence which has been adduced 127 in support of the Śaṃkara school's traditions about Gauḍapāda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
XIII. A new theory about Gauḍapāda and the author- 1 ship of the Āgama-śāstra and the Āgama-śāstra- vivaraṇa? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
PART III
XIV. The philosophy of the Māṇḍūkya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
Appendixes
Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Āgama-prakaraṇa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
Vaitathya-prakaraṇa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Advaita-prakaraṇa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
Alāta-śānti-prakaraṇa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
About the author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241

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