Prasthanatrayi

 ( Vedanta ) 

Prasthanatrayi (, IAST: ), literally, three sources (or axioms), refers to the three canonical texts of theology having epistemic authority, especially of the Vedanta schools. It consists of:Vepa, Kosla. The Dhaarmik Traditions. Indic Studies Foundation.

1. The Upanishads, known as (injunctive texts), and the (the starting point or axiom of revelation), especially the Principal Upanishads.
2. The Bhagavad Gita, known as (practical text), and the (the starting point or axiom of remembered tradition)
3. The Brahma Sutras, known as (formulative texts) or or (logical text or axiom of logic)

The consist of ten, twelve or thirteen mukhya texts, with a total of 108 texts Original Upanishads spanned beyond 108 texts. However, only 108 texts remained during the oral transmission process across generations. (some scholars list ten as principal – the Mukhya Upanishads, while most consider twelve or thirteen as principal, most important UpanishadsRobert C Neville (2000), Ultimate Realities, SUNY Press, , page 319Stephen Phillips (2009), Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and Philosophy, Columbia University Press, , pages 28-29Peter Heehs (2002), Indian Religions, New York University Press, , pages 60-88). The ten Upanishads are Isha Upanishad, Kena Upanishad, Katha Upanishad, Praṣna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Chāndogya and Bṛhadāraṇyaka.

The is part of the Bhishma Parva of the .

The (also known as the ), systematize the doctrines taught in the Upanishads and the .

Founders of the major schools of Vedanta, Adi Shankara, Madhvacharya wrote ( commentaries) on these texts. Ramanujacharya did not write any ( commentary) on the Upanishads, but wrote ( commentaries) on Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita. Even though Ramanuja did not write individual commentaries on principal Upanishads, he included many hundreds of quotations from Upanishads in his Sri Bhasya. In the Ramanuja lineage, one of his followers, Rangaramanuja, wrote commentaries on almost all of the Principal Upanishads around the 1600s. Vallabhacharya and Nimbarkacharya wrote ( commentaries) on Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita but they did not write commentaries on Upanishads. Like Ramanuja, they quoted many verses from Upanishads in their works. Baladeva Vidyabhushana in his Govinda Bhashya and Gita-bhusana-tika quoted verses from Upanishads but later wrote separate commentaries on each of the 10 Upanishads.Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana – Biography[2]

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See also

• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Mukhya Upanishads
• Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism
• Vyasa
• Shuddhadvaita
• Adi Shankara
• Ramanuja
• Madhvacharya
• Nimbarkacharya
• Vallabha
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Baladeva Vidyabhushana

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Notes

• Paramananda Bharathi (Swami.) (2025). 9789380326405, Caukhambā Surabhāratī Prakāśana. . ISBN 9789380326405
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