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VEDÂNTA-SÛTRAS
_With the Commentary by_
SA@NKARÂCHÂRYA
_Translated by_
GEORGE THIBAUT
_Part I_
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
VEDÂNTA-SÛTRAS WITH THE COMMENTARY BY SA@NKARÂCHÂRYA.
ADHYÂYA I.
Pâda I.
Pâda II.
Pâda III.
Pâda IV.
ADHYÂYA II.
Pâda I.
Pâda II.
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East.
[Transcriber's Note: This book contains many words with one or two letters in the word printed in italics; those letters are transcribed by enclosing them in slashes, e.g. "karmakâ/nd/a" has the letters "nd" in italics. Also, the symbol "@" is used before the letter "n" to indicate a horizontal bar across the top.]
INTRODUCTION.
To the sacred literature of the Brahmans, in the strict sense of the term, i.e. to the Veda, there belongs a certain number of complementary works without whose assistance the student is, according to Hindu notions, unable to do more than commit the sacred texts to memory. In the first place all Vedic texts must, in order to be understood, be read together with running commentaries such as Sâya/n/a's commentaries on the Sa/m/hitâs and Brâhma/n/as, and the Bhâshyas ascribed to Sa@nkara on the chief Upanishads. But these commentaries do not by themselves conduce to a full comprehension of the contents of the…