The Roots of Vedanta Selections from S Selections from Sankara's Writings

Key Features It provides a holistic perspective of Vedanta making it eminentlyaccessible to the modern reader. The Roots of Vedanta Selections from Sankara's Writings A distillation of the elements of Vedanta delineated bySankara This erudite and wide-ranging anthology offers a panoramic viewof Vedanta in Sankara's own words with selections from standardtranslations of his commentaries on the Upanishads the Brahma-sutra(Vedanta-sutra) and the Bhagavad-gita-texts which together form thescriptural canon of Vedanta-and an independent treatise the UpadeSaSahasri on whose authenticity there is unanimity. Exhibiting a deep empathy with the living tradition Sudhakshina has selected passages that explain all the important concepts and teachingsincluding up-to-date deliberations on Sankara. Her general and sectional introductions illuminate and demystify the esoteric concepts. About the Author Sudhakshina Rangaswami Sudhakshina Rangaswami was born in Chennai in 1955. She has worked as a lecturer in Indian Philosophy at Ananthacharya Indological ResearchInstitute Mumbai and as a UGC Post-doctoral Research Associate at Osmania University and University of Delhi before she joined The Hindu where she was a writer of the popular daily column on religion and Book Review Editor. Ms. Rangaswami now pursues her wide-ranging interest inculture spirituality and Vedanta as a freelance scholar. About the Author S udhakshina Rangaswami was born in Chennai in 1955. She studied at the Dr S. Radhakrishnan Institute of Advanced Study in Philosophy University of Madras and University of Bombay where she gained M.A. in Indian Philosophy and Ph.D. for the thesis 'Influence of Pañcaratra Agamas on VisiStadvaita Vedanta'. She has worked as a lecturer in Indian Philosophy at Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute Mumbai and as a UGC Post-doctoral Research Associate at Osmania University and University of Delhi before she joined The Hindu where she was a writer of the popular daily column on religion and Book Review Editor. Ms Rangaswami now pursues her wide-ranging interest in culture spirituality and Vedanta as a freelance scholar.