The Mandukya Upanisad And The Agama Sastra

Contents Abbreviations xi Introduction xiii Part I I The Mandukya and the Agama Sastra 1 II The Mandukya and the later Upanisads 41 III Two Conflicting interpretations of the Mandukya in some medieval treatises 47 IV The Mandukya and the Chandogya Upanisad 57 V The Mandukya and the Brhad Aranyaka Upanisad 61 VI The Mandukya and the Maitri Upanisad 67 Part II VII The Alata Santi Prakarana of the Agama sastra 71 VIII The Alata santi prakarana and the traditions of the samkara school concerning the agama sastra 83 IX The Agama Sastra as a quartet of independent treatises 89 X Was Samkara the author of the Agama sastra vivarana 97 XI What we Know about Gaudapada from the Oldest available sources 113 XII Other textual evidence which has been adduceded in support of the Samkara school’s traditions about Gaudapada 127 XIII A New theory about Gaudapada and the author ship of the Agama Sastra and the Agama sastra Vivarana 137 XIV The Philosophy of the Mandukya 149 Appendixes(Transliterated Sanskrit texts) Mandukyopanisad 165 Agama Prakarana 167 Vaitathya Prakarana 171 Advaita Prakarana 175 Alata Santi Prakarana 181 Notes 193 Glossary 223 Bibliography 231 Index 241