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The Mândûkyopanishad, with Gaudapâda’s Kârikâs and the Bhâshya of Śankara

By Gauḍapāda

First written c. 6th century CE (Kārikā)

About this book

An English translation of the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad, Gauḍapāda’s verse treatise on it, and the commentary traditionally attributed to Śaṅkara. The Kārikā is the earliest surviving systematic work of Advaita, analysing waking, dream and deep sleep and arguing that nothing real is ever born.

The edition

Title
The Mândûkyopanishad, with Gaudapâda’s Kârikâs and the Bhâshya of Śankara
Commentary by
Śaṅkara
Translated by
Manilal N. Dvivedi
Year
1894

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Period

Late Antiquity200 CE to 700 CE

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