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The Vedanta-Sutras, Part I — with Sankara's Bhashya (SBE Vol. 34), trans. George Thibaut

Vedanta-Sutras I.1.1–2 (athato brahmajijnasa; janmady asya yatah), with Sankara's commentary — trans. G. Thibaut, SBE Vol. 34 (1890)

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“Then therefore the enquiry into Brahman. — That from which the origin, subsistence, and dissolution of this world proceed, is Brahman.”— Vedanta-Sutras I.1.1–2 (athato brahmajijnasa; janmady asya yatah), with Sankara's commentary — trans. G. Thibaut, SBE Vol. 34 (1890)

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VEDÂNTA-SÛTRAS

With the Commentary by

SAṄKARÂ K ÂRYA

translated by GEORGE THIBAUT

Part I

(Books of the East, Volume 34)

[1890]

Part I (SBE34) Part II (SBE38)

Introduction

First Adhyâya, First Pâda

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