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Prasthanatrayi (
IAST: Prasthānatrayī), literally, three sources (or axioms), refers to the three canonical texts of theology having epistemic authority, especially of the Vedanta schools. It consists of:[1]
- The Principal Upanishads.
- The Bhagavad Gita, known as Sādhana Prasthāna (practical text), and the Smṛti Prasthāna (the starting point or axiom of remembered tradition)
- The Brahma Sutras, known as Sūtra Prasthāna (formulative texts) or Nyāya Prasthāna or Yukti Prasthāna (logical text or axiom of logic)
The
Mukhya Upanishads, while most consider twelve or thirteen as principal, most important Upanishads[3][4][5]). The ten Upanishads are Īśā, Kena, Kaṭha, Praṣna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Chāndogya and Bṛhadāraṇyaka.[citation needed
]
The Mahabhārata.
The Brahma Sūtras (also known as the Vedānta Sūtras), systematize the doctrines taught in the Upanishads and the Gītā.
Founders of the major schools of
Vallabhacharya and Nimbarkacharya wrote bhāṣyas (commentaries) on Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita but they did not write commentaries on Upanishads. Like Ramanuja, they quoted many verses from Upanishads in their works. Baladeva Vidyabhushana in his Govinda Bhashya and Gita-bhusana-tika quoted verses from Upanishads but later wrote separate commentaries on each of the 10 Upanishads.[6]
See also
- Vedanta
- Hindu philosophy
- Mukhya Upanishads
- Bhagavad Gītā
- Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism
- Veda Vyas
- Brahma Sūtras
- Suddhadwait
- Adi Shankaracharya
- Ramanujacharya
- Madhvacharya
- Nimbarkacharya
- Vallabhacarya
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Baladeva Vidyabhushana
References
- ^ Vepa, Kosla. The Dhaarmik Traditions. Indic Studies Foundation.
- ^ Original Upanishads spanned beyond 108 texts. However, only 108 texts remained during the oral transmission process across generations.
- ISBN 978-0791447765, page 319
- ISBN 978-0231144858, pages 28-29
- ISBN 978-0814736500, pages 60-88
- ^ Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana – Biography[1]
Notes
- Madhva; Bannañje Govindācārya (1969). Sarvamūlagranthaḥ: Prasthānatrayī. Akhila Bhārata Mādhva Mahā Maṇḍala Prakāśanam. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- Paramananda Bharathi (Swami.) (2010). Vedānta prabodha: Prasthānatrayī Śaṅkarabhāshya kā tāttvikasāra. Caukhambā Surabhāratī Prakāśana.