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The mandukya Upanisad and the agama Sastra are two of India’s most important philosophical and religious texts. The present monograph challenges many of present monograph challenges many of the interpretations of these texts which have been favored by the Samkara school and by most modern scholarship.According to the commonly accepted view the Mandukya asserts that the world is unreal. Furthermore it is generally held that the agama Sastra the first chapter of which is the oldest extent commentary on the Mandukya was written in its entirety by Gaudpada tradition who was the first teacher in the Vedantic tradition to unequivocally endorse the illusionstic (Mayavada) Interpretation of the Upanisads.The author contends that a careful analysis of the Mandukya and the earlier and later Upanisads does not for the most part support the Mayavada interpretation of the Mandukya. Furthermore virtually every element of the commonly accepted interpretation of the agama sastra is challenged in this work as well.The monograph concludes with a philosophical analysis of the Mandukyua. Dr. Wood argues that the Mandukya and the verses which can be attributed to Gaudapada on the basis of the oldest an
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- Author
- Thomas E. Wood
- Publisher
- Motilal Bandarsidass
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788120809307
- Category
- nonfiction