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>>21796804
Vedanta is based on the Upanishads

>>21796816
The Upanishads are the end of the Vedas right?

>>21796850
And then the Puranas come after.

>>21796804
it talks about vedanta philosophy, it isn't a book about explaining the vedas.

>>21796804
Yes, it actually is a great primer on Vedanta, all detractors aside.

>>21796807

>>21796804
No

>>21796804
I will say no

>>21796804
It is an introduction to Vedantic concepts and terminology, primarily through the lenses of Advaita Vedanta. It fulfills this function quite well, although it’s not exhaustive.

If you have a desire to read through the primary source philosophical works of the Advaita tradition (i.e. Adi Shankara’s translated commentaries), it’s a good book to read first as preparation. Compared to other books on, it is less explicit about the overall metaphysical doctrine or framework (which there are various interpretations of), however since Shankara explains this for the most part in his works you can just learn it directly from his works once you read them, if you want. Other books that would be more explicit on the overall metaphysical framework, examples would be:

Sharma’s “Advaita Tradition in Indian Philosophy”
Deutch’s “Advaita Vedanta a philosophical reconstruction”
And the respective Advaita chapters in the two Encyclopedias of Indian Philosophy, one by Potter and one by Dasgupta

If you want to study Vishishtadvaita Vedanta then read:

1) The Face of Truth by Lipner or Visistadvaita by S.S. Raghavachar
2) Upanishad commentaries - Ranga Ramanuja Muni (optional)
3) Bhagavad Gita commentary - Ramanuja
4) Vedartha Sangraha - Ramanuja
5) Vedanta Sutras commentary - Ramanuja

>>21796807
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>>21799423
Thank you
>>21798745
Specially (you)

>>21798745
cool chart