Self-Knowledge of Sri Sankaracarya (Shankaracharya's Atmabodha)

Details : 

Author : Swami Nikhilananda
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sri Ramakrishna Math
Publication Date : 1 January 2002
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8171209726
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9788171209729
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 300 g

About the book 

Atmabodha, or Self-Knowledge, is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, a key figure in the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The text, composed of 68 verses, elucidates the path to Self-knowledge, or the realization of Atman (the Self).

Publisher’s Note

This volume is a reprint of the American edition of Self Knowledge an English translation of Sankaracarya’s atmabodha with notes comments and an elaborate introduction by Swami Nikhilananda of the Ramakrishna Vivekananda centre of New York. The free and metrical renderings of some of acarya Sankara’s devotional hymns which have been appended to his short treatise on Advaita Vedanta serve to draw the attention of the readers to the less well known aspect of Sankara’s personality his deep devotional approach to the gods and goddess of popular religion.

In this Indian edition the original Sanskrit texts have been added which we hope will be useful to the Sanskrit knowing readers.