Vedantasutra, Vedāntasūtra, Vedanta-sutra: 3 definitions

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Vedantasutra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)

Vedāntasūtra (वेदान्तसूत्र) refers to “(See Brahma-sūtra)”. (cf. Glossary page from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vedāntasūtra (वेदान्तसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—attributed to Bādarāyaṇa. Cop. 100. Oxf. 220^b. 221^a. Hall. p. 86. B. 4, 74. Ben. 71-73. Rādh. 7. 42. Burnell. 86^a. Bhr. 251. Poona. 87. Oppert. 1933. 3656. 4451. 4452. 5592. 5810. 6554. 7406. Ii, 657. 1119. 4179. 5574. 6351. 8667. 9835. Rice. 158. Bühler 549. 556.
—[commentary] Oxf. 221^b. 222^a. 243^b. Rādh. 7. NW. 270. Bhr. 707. Oppert. 4377. 4461. 5460. 5657.
—[commentary] Advaitavṛtti. Oppert. 5593.
—[commentary] Digdarśinī. B. 4, 74.
—[commentary] Samañjasā vṛtti by Anūpanārāyaṇa L. 687. Oudh. Xi, 16. Xiii, 86. Np. Iii, 92.
—[commentary] Mitākṣarā by Annambhaṭṭa. Hall. p. 94. K. 126. B. 4, 76. Bühler 549.
—[commentary] Śārīrakaśāstradarpaṇa, an abridgment of Śaṅkara’s Bhāṣya, by Amalānanda. Hall. p. 91. Oudh. Xix, 32.
—[commentary] by Ānandatīrtha. [Mackenzie Collection] 12. Hall. p. 94. L. 3193. B. 4, 74. Ben. 70. Tu7b. 15 ([fragmentary]). Oudh. Xv, 12. Np. V, 36. Burnell. 100^b. Lahore. 18. P. 23. Bhr. 704-6. Oppert. 1303. 1960. 2526. 3189. 5289. 7204. Ii, 531. 899. 1535. 3224. 4338. 4424. 6103. 6179. 7420. 8288. 9836. 10252. Rice. 158. 188. Bp. 269. 305. Compare Brahmasūtrāṇubhāṣya, Brahmasūtrānuvyākhyāna.
—[sub-commentary] Oppert. 1961. 5816. Ii, 6104. 7421. 7422. 10253. 10255.
—[sub-commentary] Tattvaprakāśikā by Jayatīrtha. Khn. 56. K. 118. 120. B. 4, 16. Bik. 553. Burnell. 101^a. Bhr. 679. Oppert. 1443. 1836. 2837. 3657. 5263. 7967. Ii, 94. 521. 615. 894. 1249. 4616. 7564. 9815. 10254. Rice. 146. Sb. 400. C
—[sub-commentary] Tattvaprakāśikābhāvabodha by Raghūttama Yati. L. 30. Burnell. 101^b. C
—[sub-commentary] Tattvaprakāśikāgatanyāyavivaraṇa by the same K. 122. Burnell. 101^b. C
—[sub-commentary] Bhāvadīpa or Bhāvarūpa by Rāghavendra. W. p. 204. C
—[sub-commentary] Tantradīpikā by the same. Burnell. 101^b. Oppert. Ii, 102. 220-2. Rice. 142. C
—[sub-commentary] Tātparyacandrikā by Vyāsatīrtha. L. 3224 K. 118. Burnell. 101^b. Bhr. 691. Oppert. Ii, 83. 4409. 7687. Rice. 142. Cc
—[sub-commentary] Burnell. 101^b. Cc
—[sub-commentary] Tātparyacandrikāprakāśa by Keśava Yati. Burnell. 101^b. Cc
—[sub-commentary] by Gururāja. Oppert. Ii, 79. Cc
—[sub-commentary] Tātparyacandrikānyāyavivaraṇa by Timmaṇṇācārya. Burnell. 101^b. Cc
—[sub-commentary] Tātparyacandrikodāhṛtanyāyavivaraṇa by Vijayendra Yati. Burnell. 101^b. C
—[sub-commentary] by Śrīnivāsa. K. 120. Rice. 156 (Prameyamuktāvalī). 178. C
—[sub-commentary] Abhinavacandrikā by Satyanātha Yati. Burnell. 101^b.
—[commentary] Vedāntakaustubhaprabhā, doctrine of Nimbārka, by Keśava Bhaṭṭa. Printed in Pandit Viii. Ix.
—[commentary] Śārīrakasūtrasārārthacandrikā or Subodhinī by Gaṅgādhara. Io. 600. Hall. p. 94. K. 136. Ben. 69.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtrārthaprakāśikā by Jñānendrasvāmin. Rice. 158.
—[commentary] by Dharmabhaṭṭa. Oppert. Ii, 4661 (?). Rice. 158.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtrenduśekhara by Nāgeśa. K. 132.
—[commentary] Vedāntapārijātasaurabha by Nimbārka, and—[commentary] Vedāntakaustubha by Śrīnivāsa. Quoted in Vedāntakaustubhaprabhā. Compare Vedāntakaustubha Burnell. 97^b.
—[commentary] by Nīlakaṇṭhaśivācārya, Śaiva doctriṇe. Report. Xxvii. Burnell. 110^b. Taylor. 1, 207. Oppert. Ii, 6996.
—[sub-commentary] Śivādityamaṇidīpikā by Appayya Dīkṣita. Burnell. 110^b. Taylor. 1, 176. 198. Oppert. 768. 1336. 1614. 1615. 2079-82. 2464. 4102. Ii, 1197. 5420. 5890. 6475. 7804. 7920. 9431. 9524. 10006. 10371. Rice. 182.
—[commentary] Vedāntanyāyaratnāvalī Brahmādvaitatāmṛtaprakāśikā by Puruṣottamānandatīrtha. Tu7b. 18.
—[commentary] Śārīrakamīmāṃsānyāyasaṃgraha by Prakāśātman. L. 1957. Oudh. Xvii, 68. Burnell. 88^a. Oppert. 1603. Sb. 394.
—[commentary] by Bodhāyana. Oppert. 1511. Ii, 4774. (Bodhāyanavṛttivyākhyā). Quoted in Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^a, in Yatīndramatadīpikā L. 2054, by Rāmānuja in the Śrībhāṣya.
—[commentary] Vedāntasūtramuktāvalī by Brahmānanda Sarasvatī. Io. 433. 1679. Hall. p. 93. K. 126. Ben. 69. Oppert. 5275. Ii, 6832. Rice. 176.
—[commentary] by Bhavadeva. NW. 326.
—[commentary] Vivaraṇaprameyasaṃgraha by Bhāratītīrthavidyāraṇya. L. 48. 2675. K. 130. Ben. 84. Burnell. 88^a.
—[commentary] by Bhāskarācārya, Nimbārka school. Io. 164. [[[[[Oudh 1876-1877]-1877]-1877]-1877]-1877], 26. Xiii, 30. 86.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtratātparya, written by Bhairava Dīkṣita Tilaka in 1768. Hall. p. 94. NW. 304. Oppert. Ii, 6806.
—[commentary] Laghuvṛtti by Mathurānātha. NW. 324.
—[commentary] by Mārtaṇḍatilakasvāmin. B. 4, 74.
—[commentary] by Mukunda. NW. 280.
—[commentary] by Muktānanda. B. 4, 74.
—[commentary] Vidvajjanamanoharā by Raṅganātha. Io. 296. B. 4, 74. Report. Xxviii. Ben. 72. 74. Oudh. Iii, 20. X, 20.
—[commentary] Tantradīpikā by Rāghavendra. Burnell. 110^a.
—[commentary] Śārīrakasūtrārthasaṃgraha by Rādhāramaṇadāsa, son of Govardhanalāla. L. 697. Oppert. 2915 (?).
—[commentary] by Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita. Oppert. 5363. 6697. 7158. Ii, 6559.
—[commentary] Brahmāmṛtavarṣiṇī by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Hall. p. 93. Paris. (D 57 a). L. 1437 (Rāmakiṃkara). 1484. Kh. 89. B. 4, 76. NW. 322. 326. (Rāmakiṃkara). Oudh. 1877, 10. Viii, 24. Xiii, 86. Xiv, 16. Np. I, 74. Iii, 92. V, 168. Viii, 38. Gu. 5 (Rāmakiṃkara). Lahore. 20 (Rāmakiṃkara). Kāśīn. 28. Oppert. 3175. Rice. 160. 188. Peters. 2, 191. Bp. 66. 267. Sb. 397.
—[commentary] Vedāntasūtraratna by Rāmānandatīrtha. Mentioned in L. 1017.
—[commentary] Śrībhāṣya by Rāmānuja. Cop. 100 (?). Io. 7 A. 567. Hall. p. 92. L. 3144. 3171. Kh. 73. B. 4, 74. Ben. 68. Rādh. 7. NW. 320. Oudh. X, 20. Xv, 10. 12. Xvi, 38. Np. Viii, 42. Burnell. 97^b. Mysore. 5. Lahore. 20. Oppert. 11. 132. 928. 1048. 1192. 1288. 1312. 1554. 2011. 2468. 2984. 3173. 3203. 3657. 4968. 5195. 5301. 5463. 5844. 7579. 8213. Ii, 598. 661. 866. 1001. 1152. 1200. 1391. 1481. 1539. 1596. 1668. 2108. 3544. 3853. 3932. 4198. 4883. 5021. 5648. 5779. 5892. 6151. 6163. 6402. 6715. 6812. 7721. 7791. 8527. 8597. 8783. 8934. 9116. 9198. 9849. 10266. Rice. 150. 168. 182. Bp. 8. Śrībhāṣye Carcāgrantha. Kh. 73.
—Quoted in Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^a.
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyavṛttyupanyāsa. Oppert. 6453.
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyāndhradīpa. Oppert. 6455.
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyasaṃgraha. Oppert. 6454.
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyanayaprakāśa by Meghanādāri. Mysore. 6.
—[sub-commentary] Nayaprakāśikā by Lakṣmaṇācārya. Rice. 150.
—[sub-commentary] Śrutaprakāśikā by Sudarśanācārya. Hall. p. 92. NW. 316. Oudh. Xvi, 38. Np. Viii, 42. Burnell. 97^b. Mysore. 6. Oppert. 12. 526. 1050. 1338. 2470. 3235. 3507. 4169. 5197. 5465. 5845. 5870. 6462. 8302. Ii, 867. 1003. 1201. 1287. 1392. 1482. 1556. 1597. 1905. 2989. 3546. 3856. 3944. 5649. 5798. 5895. 6152. 6863. 7160. 7815. 8528. 8598. 9224. 10268. Rice. 182. Bp. 8. Quoted by Śrīnivāsadāsa in Yatīndramatadīpikā. C
—[sub-commentary] Oppert. 929. C
—[sub-commentary] Tātparyadīpikā. Oppert. 5198. C
—[sub-commentary] Bhāvaprakāśikā by Varadaviṣṇu Sūri. Mysore. 6. C
—[sub-commentary] Tūlikā by Bādhūla Śrīnivāsācārya. Oppert. 897. 5055. 5433. 5544. 5795. 7984.
—[commentary] Vedāntadīpa or Vedāntapradīpa, an abridgment of the Śrībhāṣya, by Rāmānuja. Io. 332. Oxf. 221^b. Hall. p. 95. L. 3141. B. 4, 74. Tu7b. 18. Oudh. V, 24. Xv, 114. Xvi, 38. Mysore. 6. 7. Taylor. 1, 202. Oppert. 206. 323. 1035. 1189. 1321. 2446. 2539. 3221. 3861. 5176. 5457. 5834. 6435. Ii, 488. 854. 991. 1173. 1376. 1544. 2978. 3816. 3938. 4167. 5644. 5789. 5881. 8523. 8587. 10260. Rice. 174. Bp. 8.
—[commentary] Vedāntasāra by Rāmānuja. Hall. p. 95. L. 3142. Oudh. Xi, 16. Burnell. 97^b. Oppert. 207. 482. 1322. 2447. 3224. 4061. 5458. 6218. 6436. Ii, 665. 856. 1545. 2979. 3818. 3939. 6960. Rice. 186. Bp. 8.
—[commentary] Vṛtti by Rāmāśrama. Np. Viii, 44.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtropanyāsavṛtti by Rāmeśa Bhāratī. Burnell. 88^a.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtracandrikā by Rāmeśvaradatta. Hall. p. 96 ([anonymous]). NW. 284.
—[commentary] Mitākṣarā by Vārkṣāyaṇa. Sūcīpattra. 58.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtraṛjuvyākhyā or Vijñānāmṛta by Vijñānabhikṣu. Hall. p. 92. NW. 278.
—[commentary] Vedāntasūtrabhāṣya, Rādhāvallabha doctrine, by Viśvanāthasiṃhadeva. [[[[[Oudh 1876-1877]-1877]-1877]-1877]-1877], 24.
—[commentary] Marīcikā by Vrajanātha Bhaṭṭa. K. 126.
—[commentary] Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya by Śaṅkarācārya. [Mackenzie Collection] 11. Io. 143. W. p. 176. 177. Oxf. 221^a. Hall. p. 86. Khn. 58. K. 132. B. 4, 74. 76. Ben. 67. 71. 78. 79. 81. Bik. 561. Kāṭm. 4. Pheh. 12. Rādh. 7. Oudh. Xiv, 16. Xv, 10. 12. Np. I, 74. Viii, 44. Burnell. 86^b. P. 14. 23. Lahore. 23. Poona. 23. 51. 55. Oppert. 1328. 1647. 2111. 2262. 3037. 3228. 3372. 3516. 3548. 3891. 3937. 4016. 4197. 4265. 4516. 4902. 4923. 4955. 5182. 5417. 6682. 6696. 7009. 7152. Ii, 1182. 1237. 1277. 1549. 2418. 2839. 2983. 3003. 3075. 3276. 3728. 3833. 3941. 4360. 4771. 4969. 5073. 5295. 5415. 5909. 6170. 6352. 6510. 6558. 6709. 6809. 7044. 7132. 7250. 7778. 7843. 7896. 7914. 8096. 8131. 8289. 8592. 8668. 8708. 8987. 9129. 9217. 9280. 9327. 9379. 9518. 9666. 9902. 10074. 10362. Rice. 136. 158. 178 188. Bp. 305.
—[sub-commentary] L. 2046. Ben. 69. Oppert. 3871. 3892. Ii, 6104.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmavidyābharaṇa by Advaitānanda, a pupil of Rāmānandatīrtha. Hall. p. 89. L. 1135. K. 124. Ben. 76. 84. Bik. 562. Np. Iii, 92. V, 168. Oppert. 709. 3172. 3431. 3536. 4332. 8121. Ii, 4772. 5965. Rice. 158.
—[sub-commentary] Śārīrakanyāyarakṣāmaṇi by Appayya Dīkṣitā. Hall. p. 90. L. 720. Burnell. 87^b. 110^b. Oppert. 1476. 1477. 1878. 1879. 3317. 3500. 3531. 3805. 4000. 4098. 4216. 4317. 4484. 4782. 4868. 4943. 8053. Ii, 2866. 4698. 5389. 6541. 6858. 7141. 7389. 7880. 8877. 9162. 9469. 9783. 9945. 10318.
—[sub-commentary] Śārīrakabhāṣyanyāyanirṇaya by Ānandatīrtha. Hall. p. 89. L. 2212. K. 132. B. 4, 76. Ben. 68. 81. Bik. 562. Rādh. 7. Np. Viii, 44. Burnell. 87^b. P. 23. Bhr. 266. Oppert. Ii, 2527. 2876. 4995. 7158. Rice. 136. 188.
—[sub-commentary] Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā by Govindānanda. Io. 143. 1070. W. p. 177. Oxf. 221^a. L. 1433. K. 128. Ben. 67. Kāṭm. 4 ([anonymous]). Rādh. 7 ([anonymous]). Oudh. Viii, 24. Xiv, 16. Np. 1, 74. Poona. 51. Rice. 188. Bp. 305.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmasūtrabhāṣyadīpikā by Jagannātha Yati. K. 124. Rice. 158.
—[sub-commentary] Śārīrakabhāṣyavārttika or Nārāyaṇavārttika by Nārāyaṇa Sarasvatī, a pupil of Govindānanda Sarasvatī, composed in 1592. Hall. p. 202. Poona. 24.
—[commentary] by Bālakṛṣṇānanda. Sūcīpattra. 61.
—[sub-commentary] Pañcapādikā (q. v.) by Padmapāda. Mentioned in Saṃkṣepaśaṅkarajaya Oxf. 257^b.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmasūtrabhāṣyasāra by Bhāskarabhaṭṭa Śarman. Tu7b. 19 ([fragmentary]).
—[sub-commentary] by Rāmacandrācārya. Rice. 178.
—[sub-commentary] Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. W. p. 177 ([fragmentary]). Hall. p. 89. B. 4, 76. Oppert. 3202. 4433. 8269. Ii, 2503. 4803. 5861. ([anonymous]). 6034. 7676. 9130. 10019. Rice. 168. This work has some connection with the Ratnaprabhā of his teacher Govindānanda, of which it is perhaps a continuation.
—[sub-commentary] Vivaraṇopanyāsa by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Hall. p. 202. Ben. 83. Bik. 566. Rice. 172. 176.
—[sub-commentary] by Rāmānuja (?). Oudh. Xv, 10. 12.
—[sub-commentary] Bhāmatī (q. v.) or Śārīrakabhāṣyavibhāga by Vācaspatimiśra.
—[sub-commentary] by Viśvaveda. B. 4, 76.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmasūtrabhāṣyavārttika by Sureśvara, seems only to exist in the gloss (Vivaraṇatattvadīpana) of Akhaṇḍānanda. See however Brahmasūtravṛttivārttika. W. p. 181. Hall. p. 90. L. 831. Burnell. 87^b. Lahore. 18. Oppert. Ii, 7752. Sb. 431.
—[commentary] Saṃkṣepaśārīrakabhāṣya by Śaṅkarācārya. Rice. 184 (and—[commentary]).
—[sub-commentary] Siddhāntaviveka. Rice. 184.
—[commentary] by Śiromaṇi. K. 124.
—[commentary] śaiva doctrine, by Śrīkaṇṭhaśivācārya. K. 124. Np. Iii, 90. Vi, 42. Gu. 5. Oppert. 1616. 4956. Ii, 1554. 7813. 10008. 10375. Bühler 556.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtratātparyaprakāśa by Sadānanda. NW. 310. Oudh. X, 20.
—[commentary] Vedāntanayanabhūṣaṇa by Svayamprakāśānanda. Hall. p. 96.
—[commentary] by Haṃsa. Oppert. Ii, 9175. 9537.

Vedāntasūtra has the following synonyms: Brahmasūtra, Uttaramīmāṃsā, Bādārāyaṇasūtra, Brahmamīmāṃsā, Vyāsasūtra, Śārīrakasūtra.

2) Vedāntasūtra (वेदान्तसूत्र):—See Brahmasūtra.

3) Vedāntasūtra (वेदान्तसूत्र):—etc. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. 94. Io. 1052. 1725. 1922. 2833. 3070. Oudh. Xx, 16. Peters. 4, 20. Stein 122.
—[commentary] Io. 284. Peters. 4, 22.
—[commentary] Śāstradarpaṇa by Amalānanda. Stein 123. 327.
—[commentary] by Ānandatīrtha. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. Stein 122.
—[sub-commentary] Tattvaprakāśikā by Jayatīrtha. Io. 1935. Rgb. 668 (inc.). C
—[sub-commentary] by Śrīnivāsa. Bl. 206 (only 1).
—[commentary] by Dharmabhaṭṭa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 50.
—[commentary] Nyāyasaṃgraha by Nityānandāśrama. Stein 122. 326.
—[commentary] by Nirmalakṛṣṇa. Io. 1147.
—[commentary] by Nīlakaṇṭhaśivācārya, Śaiva doctrine. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59.
—[commentary] Cidānandabrahmavilāsa by Paramānandaghana. Hz. 506.
—[commentary] by Bhavadeva, son of Kṛṣṇadeva. Io. 1428.
—[commentary] Nyāyamālā Vaiyāsikī (q. v.) or Adhikaraṇamālā (q. v.) or Vedāntādhikaraṇamālā by Bhāratītīrtha. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. 94. Io. 2780.
—[commentary] by Bhāskarācārya, i. e. Nīmbārka. Io. 164. 3273.
—[commentary] Io. 1638.
—[commentary] Brahmabodhinī by Yādava Vājapeyin. Rgb. 629.
—[commentary] Vidvajjanamanoharā by Raṅganātha. Stein 122 (adhy. 1. 2).
—[commentary] Brahmāmṛtavarṣiṇī by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Cu. add. 898. Io. 1336. 1352 (adhy. 1). Stein 122. He mentions Nṛsiṃhāśrama.
—[commentary] Śrībhāṣya by Rāmānuja. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. 94. 99. Hz. 193. 366. 388. 473. Io. 7 (1-3). 567. 3262. 3263. 3274 (2-4). Oudh. Xxi, 30. Stein 123. Weber 2196.
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyavivṛti. Io. 2797 ([fragmentary]).
—[sub-commentary] Śrībhāṣyopanyāsa by Mahācārya. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 99.
—[commentary] Śrībhāṣyanayaprakāśikā by Meghanādāri. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 40. 99.
—[sub-commentary] Śrutaprakāśikā by Sudarśanācārya. ibid. 59. 100. Oudh. Xxi, 30. C
—[sub-commentary] Bhāvaprakāśikā by Raṅgarāmānujācārya. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 61. 100. Oppert.'s Śrutabhāvaprakāśikā is wrong.
—[sub-commentary] by Sundararāja Dīkṣita. ibid. 99. Vedāntadīpa, an abridgment of the Śrībhāṣya, by Rāmānuja. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 89. Hz. 374. Vedāntasāra, by the same. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 89.
—[commentary] Marīcikā by Vanamālin. L. 4037.
—[commentary] Siddhalekhā by Vijñānācārya. Rgb. 619 (2 adhyāyās).
—[commentary] Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya by Śaṅkarācārya. Bl. 197-200. 196 (1, 1). Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. 94. Hz. 107. 136. 218. 321. 499. Io. 143. 853. 928. 1922. 2447-50. 2570. 2799 ([fragmentary]). 3086. Peters. 4, 22 (inc.). Rgb. 621-24. Stein 122. 123.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmavidyābharaṇa by Advaitānanda. Cu. add. 1038 (inc.). Io. 882 (1, 1). 1117-19. 1437.
—[sub-commentary] Śārīrakabhāṣyanyāyanirṇaya by Ānandatīrtha. Bl. 315-18. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 94. Rgb. 627 (1. 2). Stein 123 (1, and 2, 1).
—[sub-commentary] Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā by Govindānanda. Bl. 196 (1, 1). Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. Hz. 223. 650 (adhy. 1. 2). Io. 143. 1070 ([fragmentary]). Rgb. 628 (4). Stein 123.
—[sub-commentary] Brahmasūtrabhāṣyadīpikā by Jagannātha Yati. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59.
—[sub-commentary] Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā by Rāmānanda Sarasvatī. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 62. Hz. 109. 222. Peters. 4, 22 (inc.).
—[sub-commentary] Brahmasūtrabhāṣyavārttika by Sureśvara.
—[commentary] Vivaraṇatattvadīpana by Akhaṇḍānanda. Rgb. 631 ([fragmentary]). 632 ([fragmentary]).
—[commentary] by Śaṅkarānanda. Rgb. 620.
—[commentary] by Śrīkaṇṭhaśivācārya, Śaiva doctrine. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 94.
—[commentary] Brahmasūtrapadayojanā Brahmāmṛtavarṣiṇī, a concise
—[commentary], by Sadāśivānanda Sarasvatī. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. Io. 3104.
—[commentary] Brahmatattvaprakāśikā by Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. Hz. 137. 229.

Vedāntasūtra has the following synonyms: Brahmasūtra, Vyāsasūtra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vedāntasūtra (वेदान्तसूत्र):—[=vedānta-sūtra] [from vedānta > veda] n. Name of the aphorisms of the V° philosophy (ascribed to Bādarāyaṇa or Vyāsa, also called Brahma-sūtra or Śārīraka-sūtra)

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