This Codex uses only the following sources for Sanskrit text and translation. No popular summaries, no blog-derived content, no unattributed paraphrases. Each page cites its source directly.
Primary Translations Used — The Ten Principal Upanishads
- Swami Gambhirananda. Eight Upaniṣads, 2 vols. Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 2009 (orig. 1957–1958). Used for: Māṇḍūkya, Kaṭha, Kena, Muṇḍaka, Praśna, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Īśā.
- Swami Mādhavānanda. The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya. Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 2010 (orig. 1950). Used for: Bṛhadāraṇyaka throughout.
- Swami Gambhirananda. Chāndogya Upaniṣad. Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 2009 (orig. 1983). Used for: Chāndogya throughout.
- Patrick Olivelle. The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998. Used for: comparative readings of Chāndogya and Bṛhadāraṇyaka; historical-critical context.
- S. Radhakrishnan. The Principal Upaniṣads. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1953. Used for: Sanskrit text, alternative translations, and philosophical commentary throughout.
Śaṅkarācārya — Primary Works
- Sengaku Mayeda, trans. and ed. A Thousand Teachings: The Upadeśasāhasrī of Śaṅkara. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1992. Establishes the authentic Śaṅkara corpus; used for authenticity judgments throughout.
- Swami Madhusudanasaraswati, trans. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi. Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 2009. Used for Advaita practical methodology: sādhanacatuṣṭaya, kośa discrimination, sākṣī.
- Swami Gambhirananda, trans. Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya. Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 2010 (orig. 1965). Used for: adhyāsa bhāṣya, the ontological status of māyā, karma and liberation.
Gauḍapāda
- Vidhushekara Bhattacharya, ed. The Āgamaśāstra of Gauḍapāda. Calcutta University Press, 1943. Repr. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1989. Used for: Māṇḍūkya Kārikā — ajātivāda, the four-state analysis, the Oṃ contemplation as upāya.
Historical and Scholarly Works
- Paul Hacker. Philology and Confrontation: Paul Hacker on Traditional and Modern Vedanta. Ed. Wilhelm Halbfass. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1995. Used for: authentication of Śaṅkara's works; distinguishing the historic Śaṅkara from later attributions.
- S. Radhakrishnan. Indian Philosophy, 2 vols. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1927. Used for: overview of Vedanta schools, comparative philosophy, Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita positions.
- Hajime Nakamura. A History of Early Vedanta Philosophy, 2 vols. Trans. Trevor Leggett et al. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1983–2004. Used for: historical development of the non-dual tradition before Śaṅkara; Gauḍapāda's place in the tradition.
- Surendranath Dasgupta. A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, 1922. Used for: background on the Vedic and Upanishadic schools; Sāṃkhya-Yoga relationship to Vedanta.
- Paul Deussen. The Philosophy of the Upanishads. Trans. A. S. Geden. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1906. Repr. Dover, 1966. Used for: comparative systematic treatment of Upanishadic themes.
For the Three Vedanta Schools Comparison
- Rāmānuja. Śrī Bhāṣya (Commentary on the Brahmasūtras). Trans. George Thibaut. Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 48, Oxford University Press, 1904.
- Madhvācārya. Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. In B. N. K. Sharma. Philosophy of Śrī Madhvācārya. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986.
A Note on Source Policy
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