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prasthana-traya

प्रस्थानत्रयी prasthānatrayī

The three foundations of Vedanta: the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutra, and the Bhagavad Gita.

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  • What is Vedanta? Philosophy

    The threefold foundation Vedanta is unusual among the schools in resting on three root texts rather than one, together called the prasthana-traya , the three points of departure.

  • Who Was Adi Shankara? Philosophy

    He wrote commentaries, bhashyas , on the three foundations of Vedanta, the prasthana-traya : the principal Upanishads, the Brahma Sutra , and the Bhagavad Gita.

  • Dharma, Karma and Rebirth Essentials

    Those two, together with the Brahma Sutras , make up the prasthana-traya , the threefold foundation that every school of Vedanta sets out to interpret.

  • Who Was Madhva? Philosophy

    At its foundation stand his commentaries on the three canonical bases of Vedanta, the prasthana-traya .

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