Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya, Volume 1
Author: last_name: Bādarāyaṇa
first_name: Adi
last_name: Shankara
Language: English

The Vedanta Sutras, or Brahma Sutras as they are also known, is a Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Badarayana (also known as Vyasa) written sometime between 500 BCE and 450 CE, with most scholars placing it in the period between 500 BCE and 200 BCE. Together with the Principal Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, The Vedanta-Sutras form the trilogy of sacred texts considered most important to Vedanta philosophy. Here is presented Part 1 comprised of adhyāya 1 and adhyāya 2 (pādas 1-2), with an