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Commentary on the Bhagavadgītā — Adi Shankara

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Commentary on the Bhagavadgītā

भगवद्गीताभाष्य (Bhagavadgītābhāṣya)

Śaṅkara con sus discípulos, de Raja Ravi Varma
byAdi Shankara

The oldest surviving commentary on the Gītā. Śaṅkara reads it as a teaching of liberating knowledge: disinterested action purifies the mind, but only knowledge of the self liberates, and renunciation is the way of life that befits it. The introduction sets out the twofold Vedic path of action and renunciation, and the commentary argues against those who combined works and knowledge. It is one of the three legs of the Vedāntic canon and, being accessible, the usual gateway into his thought.

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Authorship note

Mayeda (1965) tested its authenticity with Hacker's criteria and confirmed it; scholars accept it as Śaṅkara's work.

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English

  • Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Adi Shankara

    Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

    Advaita Ashrama, 1984

    Translation: Swami Gambhirananda

    ISBN 9788175050419

    Open Library registra el distribuidor Nesma Books; el prefijo ISBN 81-7505 es de Advaita Ashrama

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  • The Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya

    Samata Books, 1977

    Translation: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

    Primera edición 1897 (dominio público)

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Sources

  • Mayeda, Sengaku. «The Authenticity of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya Ascribed to Śaṅkara». Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Süd- und Ostasiens 9 (1965): 155–197; y «On Śaṅkara's Authorship of the Kenopaniṣadbhāṣya». Indo-Iranian Journal 10, n.º 1 (1967): 33–55.

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