What is known as Sruti Prasthana?

The Vedas and the Upanishads are Sruti Prasthana, that is, revealed texts. ‘Sruti’ literally means that which is heard, and is considered as sacred knowledge that has been handed down from days of yore through the oral tradition of communication. The Bhagavad Gita, the Puranas, etc, are known as Smriti Prasthana.

What is Prasthan traya?

Prasthana Traya: The Triple Canonical Base of Vedanta Scriptures Followed by Shankara – Part 3/4: Bhagavad Gita. The Gita is a revolutionary and syncretic scripture in the canon of Vedanta.

What is Vedanta three Canon philosophy?

This article is Part 2 of the series of articles I have initiated to discuss the three canons of Vedanta: Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutras.

Is Bhagavad Gita Shruti or Smriti?

The Bhagavad Gita is essentially Shruti.

Are the Upanishads Shruti or Smriti?

Shruti describes the sacred texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism viz. Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, & Upanishads. Smiriti literally means “that which is remembered,” and it is entire body of the post Vedic Classical Sanskrit literature.

Who wrote Prasthanatrayi?

Madhva; Bannañje Govindācārya (1969). Sarvamūlagranthaḥ: Prasthānatrayī.

What is Maya in Vedanta?

maya, (Sanskrit: “magic” or “illusion”) a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy, notably in the Advaita (Nondualist) school of Vedanta. Maya originally denoted the magic power with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion.

Are Upanishads and Vedanta same?

The word Vedanta literally means the end of the Vedas and originally referred to the Upanishads. Vedanta is concerned with the jñānakāṇḍa or knowledge section of the vedas which is called the Upanishads.

Who wrote Upanishads?

Of all Vedic literature, the Upanishads alone are widely known, and their diverse ideas, interpreted in various ways, informed the later traditions of Hinduism. Vyasa, the sage who, according to tradition, composed the Upanishads.