The Mândûkyopanishad, with Gaudapâda’s Kârikâs and the Bhâshya of Śankara
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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.
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Gauḍapāda. The Mândûkyopanishad, with Gaudapâda’s Kârikâs and the Bhâshya of Śankara. Translated by Manilal N. Dvivedi. With commentary by Śaṅkara. 1894.
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