The Roots of Vedanta

Key Features It provides a holistic perspective of Vedanta making it eminentlyaccessible to the modern reader. About the Book: The Roots of Vedanta: Selections from Sankara's Writings A distillation of the elements of Vedanta delineated bySankara This erudite and wide-ranging anthology offers a panoramic viewof Vedanta in Sankara's own words, with selections from standardtranslations of his commentaries on the Upanishads, the Brahma-sutra(Vedanta-sutra) and the Bhagavad-gita-texts which together form thescriptural canon of Vedanta-and an independent treatise, the UpadeSaSahasri, on whose authenticity there is unanimity. Exhibiting a deep empathy with the living tradition, Sudhakshina has selected passages that explain all the important concepts and teachings,including up-to-date deliberations on Sankara. Her general and sectional introductions illuminate and demystify the esoteric concepts. About the Author: Sudhakshina Rangaswami Sudhakshina Rangaswami was born in Chennai, in 1955. She has worked as a lecturer in Indian Philosophy at Ananthacharya Indological ResearchInstitute, Mumbai and as a UGC Post-doctoral Research Associate at Osmania University and University of Delhi before she joined The Hindu where she was a writer of the popular, daily column on religion and Book Review Editor. Ms. Rangaswami now pursues her wide-ranging interest inculture, spirituality and Vedanta as a freelance scholar.