A Survey of the Pre-Śaṅkara Advaita Vedānta

accepted according Advaita appears Atharva Atman attained become beginning believe Bhartṛhari Brahman Buddha Buddhist called century chapter clear clearly commentary commentator concept consciousness creation described discussed doctrine doubt earlier epic essentially evident existence experience expressed fact final Gauḍapada given gives Gods hence History human idea identity important Indian Philosophy individual interpretation knowledge known later literature Mahabharata marked Māyā means mentioned mind nature never objects opinion original position present principle Prof prove Puranas question Reality reason referred relation religion remains remark Rgveda Samhitas Samkhya Sankara says scholars seems seen sense similar soul speculation stanza statement suggested Sūtra Sutras taken term texts theory thing thought transcendent University Upanisads Vedanta Vedas Vedic whole writings Yajnavalkya तु ब्रह्म योगवा हि