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Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (advaita-vedanta)

Advaitadarpaṇa (अद्वैतदर्पण) is the name of a work authored by Godāvaramiśra: the chief minister (mantrivara) and preceptor (rājaguru) to the Orissan king Pratāparudradeva, who ruled in the early sixteenth century. In addition to Yoga (e.g., his Yogacintāmaṇi), Godāvaramiśra wrote works on various topics, including Advaitavedānta (the Advaitadarpaṇa), Tantra (the Tantracintāmaṇi) and an extensive treatise on politics and warfare (the Hariharacaturaṅga). His view of yoga was mainly shaped by the Pātañjalayogaśāstra.

Note: The Yogacintāmaṇi (f. 131v lines 7-8) of Godāvaramiśra states that he wrote the Dvaitadarpaṇa: “Now, they have been explained together by me in the Dvaitadarpaṇa” ([…] asmābhir atha dvaitadarpaṇe yugapadanuvarṇitāḥ […]). However, it seems that atha dvaitadarpaṇe is a scribal error for athādvaitadarpaṇe, because yugapadanuvarṇitāḥ refers back to two works: the Saṅkṣepaśārīrakavārttika, which was composed by his paternal grandfather (pitāmahacaraṇa) and the Advaitacintāmaṇi by his father (pitṛcaraṇa). The NCC (vol. 6, 126) reports that Godāvaramiśra wrote the Advaitadarpaṇa because it is quoted in his Hariharacaturaṅga (p. 178, v. 22; p. 196, v. 502). This is affirmed in a summary of the Hariharacaturaṅga (Meulenbeld 2000, 562–563).

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Advaitadarpaṇa (अद्वैतदर्पण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—and—[commentary] by Bhujarāma or Bhajanānanda. K. 114. Oudh. Xiii, 90. Xiv, 84. Np. Viii, 38.

2) Advaitadarpaṇa (अद्वैतदर्पण):—and C. Bhāvaprakāśikā by Bhajanānanda or Bhujarāma. Tb. 119.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Tantracintamani, Hariharacaturanga, Godavaramishra.

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