Regarding Authenticity


More than three hundred works — commentaries, expositions, and poetry — are attributed to him.
Most of these are not accepted as authentic. His masterpiece is the Brahmasutrabhasya, the commentary on the Brahmasutra.
Sankara wrote commentaries on the Brihadaranyaka, Chandogya, Aitareya, Taittiriya, Kena, Isa, Katha, Mundaka, Prasna, and Mandukya Upanishads. The Upadesasahasri is the only non-commentarial work whose authenticity has been conclusively demonstrated.
S. Mayeda. A Thousand Teachings the Upadesasahasri of Sankara


This work assigned to Samkara is a commentary on the most well known Smriti text of Bhagavad Gita
Payyappilly. P. Joseph. The Concept of Man in the Advaita Vedanta of Sankara: An Inquiry into Theological Perspectives


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  1. Paramaguru Sri Gaudapadacarya (& Mandukya Karika)
  2. Brahma Sutra (Nyaya prasthāna)
  3. Bhagavad Gita (Smṛti prasthāna)
  4. Principal Upanishads (Śruti prasthāna)
  5. Upadeśasāhasri
  6. References & Encyclopedias
  7. About Adi Shankaracharya
  8. Sri Sureshwaracharya
  9. Sri Totakacharya
  10. Sri Padmapadacharya
  11. Sri Hastamalakacarya
  12. The classic debate between Mandana Misra and Adi Shankara
  13. Works attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (A Selection)
  14. Other Advaita Vedanta Topics (Avidya & Maya, Advaita & Buddhism, etc.)
  15. Post Shankara Periods (Vivaraṇa & Bhāmatī Schools)
  16. Scriptures by later Advaitins (Post-Sankara Advaita, Selections) - ENGLISH
  17. Additional References
  18. Helpful Articles
  19. Related to Sanskrit




    1. Paramaguru Sri Gaudapadacarya (& Mandukya Karika)


    1. Early Advaita Vedanta And Buddhism, Richard King
    2. From Early Vedanta To Kashmir Shaivism Gaudapada Bhartrahari And Abhinavagupta, Natalia Isayeva

    3. Gaudapada A Study In Early Advaita, Mahadevan T. M. P.

    4. Gaudapada's Argument for Irrationality of Realistic Pluralism, Domenic Marbaniang

    5. Mandukya Karika, Swami Gambhirananda

    6. Method Of Early Advaita Vedanta A Study Of Gaudapada, Sankara, Suresvara And Padmapada, Michael Coman

    7. Samsayaghni: Book Which Explains the Difficult Portions of the Mandukya Upanishad, Swami Paramanand Bharati

    8. The essential Gaudapada, Gangolly, D. B. (Highly recommended)

    9. The Agamasastra Of Gaudapada, Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya

    10. The Mandukyopanishad With Gaudapadas Karikas And The Bhashya Of Sankara, Manilal N. Dvivedi



    2. Brahma Sutra (Nyaya prasthāna)


    Brahma Sutra Shankara Bhashya (Sanskrit only!)

    https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/BS#BS_C01_S01


    Brahma Sutra Shankara Bhashya, V.M. Apte
    https://archive.org/details/BrahmaSutraSankaraBhashyaEngVMApte1960/page/n197/mode/2up


    Brahma Sutra Bhasya, Swami Gambhirananda

    https://archive.org/details/brahma-sutra-swami-gambhirananda/page/462/mode/2up

    https://estudantedavedanta.net/Brahma_Sutra_Swami_Gambhirananda.pdf


    Brahma Sutra Bhashyam George Thibaut, Part 1

    https://archive.org/details/SutraBhashyamThibaut


    Brahma Sutra Bhashyam George Thibaut, Part 2

    https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22559


     2.1 Brahmasutra & Brahmasutra Catussutri (Supplementary)


    1. Brahmasutra Catussutri, Swami Paramananda Bharati
    2. The Brahma-sutras Of Badarayana Chapter II.1 & II.2 Belvalkar, S. K.
    3. Brahma Sutras According To Sri Sankara (abridged) by Swami Vireswarananda

    4. Vedānta Explained: Śaṅkara's Commentary On the Brahma-sūtras, Vol. 1

    5. Vedānta Explained: Śaṅkara's Commentary On the Brahma-sūtras, Vol. 2

    6. Brahmasutra Catussutri As Taught By Swami Dayananda
    7. Sankara's Sutra-Bhashya (Self-Explained) (Highly recommended)


    3. Bhagavad Gita (Smṛti prasthāna)


    Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sanskrit only)

    https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Gita


    Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya, Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
    https://archive.org/details/Bhagavad-Gita.with.the.Commentary.of.Sri.Shankaracharya/page/n349/mode/2up

    https://archive.org/details/BhagavadGita.with.the.Commentary.of.Sri.Shankaracharya_201708/page/n409/mode/2up | Alternative


    Bhagavad Gita with English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary, Swami Gambhirananda (without Intro)

    http://michaelsudduth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita-Shankara-Bhashya-English.pdf


    Srimad Bhagavad Gita Bhasya of Sri Sankaracarya

    https://estudantedavedanta.net/Bhagavad-Gita-Bhashya-of-Sankaracharya-Krishna-Warrier.pdf


    Bhagavad Gita Dictionary

    https://archive.org/details/GitaDictionary/page/n113/mode/2up



    4. Principal Upanishads (Śruti prasthāna)


    Eight Upanishads Vol. 1 (Isa, Kena, Katha, and Taittirīya Upanishad), Swami Gambhirananda

    https://archive.org/details/EightUpanishadsVol.1BySwamiGambhirananda/page/n199/mode/2up


    Eight Upanishads Vol. 2 (Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya Karika and Prasna Upanishad), Swami Gambhirananda

    https://archive.org/details/EightUpanishadsVol.2BySwamiGambhirananda/page/n527/mode/2up


    Mandukya Upanishad & Karika with Shankara Bhashya, Swami Nikhilananda
    https://archive.org/details/MandukyaUpanishadKarikaWithShankaraBhashya-SwamiNikhilananda/mode/2up


    Brihadaranyaka Upanishad with Shankara Bhashya, Swami Madhavananda
    https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.20823/page/n751/mode/2up


    Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Overview T.N.Sethumadhavan


    Chandogya Upanishad with Shankara Bhashya, Ganganath Jha
    https://archive.org/details/Shankara.Bhashya-Chandogya.Upanishad-Ganganath.Jha.1942.English/mode/2up


    Aitareya &Taittiriya Upanishads with Shankara Bhashya

    https://archive.org/details/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/page/n1/mode/2up


    Kenopanishad_Vakhya_Bhashya

    Kenopanishad_Vakhya_Bhashya, Swami Bodhatmananda


    5. Upadeśasāhasri


    Upadesasahasri, Swami Jagadananda

    https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310989


    Upadesa Sahasri Of Sanakaracharya A Thousand Teachings, Mayeda


    6. References & Encyclopedias


    1. A Dictionary of Advaita Vedanta Swami Harshananda
    2. Encyclopedia Of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 Advaita Vedanta Up To Samkara And His Pupils, Karl H. Potter

    3. Encyclopedia Of Indian Philosophy Volume 11 Advaita Vedanta from 800 to 1200, Karl H. Potter

    4. Essential Vedanta A New Source Book Of Advaita Vedanta, Eliot Deutsch

    5. Sankara Source Book Volume 1 - Sankara On the Absolute, AJ Alston

    6. Sankara Source Book Volume 2 - Sankara On the Creation, AJ Alston

    7. Sankara Source Book Volume 3 - Sankara On the Soul,  AJ Alston

    8. Sankara Source Book Volume 4 - Sankara On Rival Views, AJ Alston

    9. Sankara Source Book Volume 5 - Sankara On Disciple, AJ Alston

    10. Sankara Source Book Volume 6 - Sankara On Enlightenment, AJ Alston

    11. The essential Adi Shankara, Gangolly, D. B.

    12. The Heart of Sri Samkara, Sri Sri Satchidānandendra Saraswati

    13. The Method of the Vedanta by Sri Sri Satchidānandendra Saraswati, transl. AJ Alston

    14. Elucidation of terms and concepts in Vedanta, S.N.Sastri


    7. About Adi Shankaracharya


    1. Acharya Sankara Of Kaladi A Story,  Madugula I. S
    2. Life And Thought Of Sankaracharya, Govind Chandra Pande

    3. Sankara Vijayas A Comparative & Critical Study, Dr. Antarkar W. R.

    4. Sankaracharya & His Connection With Kanchipuram, Kuppuswami A.

    5. Sankaras Date, R.M. Umesh

    6. Sri Sankaracharaya His Life And Times Vol I, Aiyar, Krishnaswamy C. N

    7. Three Great Acharyas Sankara Ramanuja And Madhwa, G. A. Natesan

    8. Traditional Age Of Sri Sankaracharya, Nataraja Aiyer A., Lakshmi Narasmha Shastri

    9. Śri Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda Vṛttānta Sāra Sarvasva, Sri Sri Satchidānandendra Saraswati (Highly recommended)

    10. Adi Sankara His Life & Times Discourses Of Chandrashekhara Saraswati, Mahadevan T. M. P.

    11. Conquest of the Four Quarters: Traditional Accounts of the Life of Sankara, Bader

    12. The Age of Sankara, by T. S. Narayana Sastry


    8. Sri Sureshwaracharya


    1. Sureshvaracharya's Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (English, Complete)

    2. The Realization of the Absolute - The "Naiskarmya Siddhi" of Sri Suresvara, A.J Alston

    3. The Sambandha Vartika Suresvaracarya, T.M.P. Mahadevan

    4. Taittiriya Upanisad Bhashya Vartika Of Suresvara, Balasubramanian R


    9. Sri Totakacharya


    1. Toṭakāṣṭakam


    10. Sri Padmapadacharya


    The Pancapadika of Padmapada (Translated into English), Rajasevasakta D. Venkataramiah


    11. Sri Hastamalakacarya


    1. Hastamalakiya Bhashya (Sanskrit only!)
    2. Hastamalakiyam, Commentary in English on Hastamalakiyam, S.N. Sastri


    12. The classic debate between Mandana Misra and Adi Shankara


    Sankara Digvijaya Chapter 8 (Debate between Mandana Misra and Adi Shankara)



    13. Works attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (A Selection)


    1. Aparoksha Anubhuti By Sri Shankaracharya, Swami Vimuktananda
    2. Atma Bodha of Sankaracharya, Menon P.N

    3. Bhaja Govindam, Swami Nikhilananda

    4. Drg Drsya Viveka, Swami Nikhilananda

    5. Sankara On The Yoga Sutras, Trevor Leggett

    6. Saundarya Lahari Of Sankaracarya, Subramanian V. K.

    7. Select Works Of Sankara, S. Venkataramanan

    8. Self-Knowledge (Atma Bodha) And Other Stotras, Swami Nikhilananda

    9. Talks On Vivekachudamani, Swami Dayananda

    10. Tattva Bodha of Sankaracharya, Svarupa Chaitanya

    11. The Vedanta Doctrine Of Sri Sankaracharya, Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

    12. The Imitation Of Sankara, Manilal N. Dvivedi

    13. Vakyavritti and Atmajnanaopadeshavidhi of Sri Sankaracharya, Swami Jagadananda

    14. Vedanta Through Shankars Prakarans, Swami Mahesananda Giri

    15. Vedantic Ways To Samadhi (Drg Drsya Viveka), Swami Suddhabodhananda Sarasvati

    16. Vishnu Sahasranama with the Bhasya of Sankaracharya, R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

    17. Vivekachudamani, Swami Madhavananda



    14. Other Advaita Vedanta Topics



     14.1 Advaita Vedanta & Buddhism


    1. Advaita And Other Systems, Dr. P. K. Sundaram

    2. Dialectic in Buddhism and Vedanta, Chandradhar Sharma

    3. The Problem Of Two Truths In Buddhism And Vedanta, Sprung Mervyn

    4. Vedantic & Buddhist Concept Of Reality As Interpreted By Sankara & Nagarjuna, Rama Chandra Jha



     14.2 Avidya & Maya


    1. Ajnana, Malkani, G.R.

    2. Avidya A Problem Of Truth And Reality, Solomon E. A.

    3. Concept Of Maya, Devanandan P. D

    4. Concept Of Maya By Ruth Reyna

    5. Maya A Conceptual History, Dr. Arpita Mitra

    6. Maya Divine And Human, Teun Goudriaan

    7. Maya In Radhakrishnan's Thought Six Meanings Other Than Illusion, Donald Braue

    8. Teaching Of Brahman Through TheAttributions Of Avidya And Maya, Sri Devarao Kulkarni

    9. The doctrine of Māyā in the philosophy of the Vendānta, Shastri, Prabhu Dutt



     14.3 Different Topics (uncategorized)


    1. A Few Thoughts On The Science Of The Self Or Atma Vidya, G. Ramachandra Aiyar

    2. A History Of Early Vedanta Philosophy Vol. 1, Hajime Nakumara

    3. A History of Early Vedanta Philosophy Vol. 2, Hajime Nakumara

    4. A Realistic Interpretation Of Sankara Vedanta, Kokileswar Sastri

    5. A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy, R.D.Ranade

    6. Accomplishing The Accomplished - The Vedas As A Source Of Valid Knowledge In Sankara, Anantanand Rambachan

    7. Advaita A Critical Investigation, Srinivasa Rao

    8. Advaitāmoda A Study Of Advaita And Visita Advaita, Michael Comans

    9. Advaita and Visistadvaita A Study Of Vedanta Desika, Srinivasa Chari S. M.

    10. Advaita Faith And Practice, Gundappa D. V

    11. Advaita Vedanta An Introduction, Arvind Sharma

    12. An Advaita Vedanta Perspective On Language, John Grimes

    13. Advaita Vedanta Problems And Perspectives, Ramakrishna Rao

    14. Advaita Vedanta, Venkatarama Iyer M. K.

    15. Advaita Vedanta, R. Balasubramanian

    16. An Introduction To Advaita Philosophy, Kokileswar Sastri

    17. Aspects Of Advaita Advaita And Modern Thought, Ramaswami Sastri K. S

    18. Bhakti In Advaita Vedanta Translation & Study Of Madhusudana Sarasvati's Bhaktirasayana, Lance Edward Nelson

    19. Concept Of Self Luminosity In Advaita Vedanta, Dr. Girdhari Lal Chaturvedi

    20. Consciousness In Advaita, Ramachandra Rao S. K.

    21. Consciousness In Advaita Vedanta, William M. Indich

    22. The Disinterested Witness - A Fragment Of Advaita Vedanta & Phenomenology, Bina Gupta

    23. The Experimental Dimension Of Advaita Vedanta, Arvind Sharma

    24. The Fundamentals Of Logic, Mahadevan T. M. P.
    25. God In Advaita, Krishna Warrier A. G.

    26. Hermeneutics Holography And Indian Idealism, Stephen Kaplan

    27. Immediate Knowledge And Happiness, John Levy

    28. The Purpose and Method of the Brahmavidya Ashrama, C. Jinarajadasa

    29. The Jungian Myth And Advaita Vedanta, Carol Whitfield

    30. Knowing Beyond Knowledge Epistemologies Of Religious Experience In Classical and Modern Advaita, Thomas Forsthoefel

    31. Lights on Advaita: Selected Teachings of V. Subrahmanya Iyer

    32. Limits Of Scripture, Anantanand Rambachan

    33. The Making Of The Vedanta, Mainkar T. G.
    34. Metaphysics Of Advaita Vedanta, Malkani G. R.

    35. Mimamsa And Vedanta Interaction And Continuity, Johannes Bronkhorst

    36. Outline of the Vedanta system of philosophy according to Shankara, Paul Deussen

    37. Perceiving In Advaita Vedanta Epistemological Analysis & Interpretations, Bina Gupta

    38. Philosophical Essays, Surendranath Dasgupta

    39. Philosophy Of The Self, Ghanshamdas Rattanmal Malkani

    40. The philosophy of Shankara, Maganlal A. Buch

    41. Preceptors Of Advaita, Mahadevan T. M. P.

    42. Relationalism: A Theory of Being, Joseph Kaipayil

    43. Revelation and reason in Advaita Vedanta, K. Satchidananda. Murty

    44. Sabda Pramana Word & Knowledge, Purusottama Bilimoria

    45. Sea Shell As Silver A Metaphorical Excursion In To Advaita Vedanta, Arvind Sharma

    46. The Self And Its States, Andrew O Fort

    47. The Self As The Seer And The Seen A Phenomenological And Hermeneutic Study, Balasubramanian R.

    48. Sense Perception In Science and Shastra, Sringeri

    49. Sleep As A State Of Consciousness In Advaita Vedanta, Arvind Sharma

    50. Studies In Vedanta, Kirtikar Rao Bahadur Vasudeva J.

    51. The Advaita Tradition In Indian Philosophy, Chandradhar Sharma

    52. The Concept Of Mukti In Advaita Vedanta, A.G.Krishna Warrier

    53. The Existence Of God

    54. The Fundamentals Of Vedanta Philosophy, Swami Pratyagatmananda

    55. The Philosophy Of Advaita, T M P Mahadevan

    56. The Quest After Perfection, M. Hiriyanna

    57. The Schools Of Vedanta, P.Nagaraja Rao

    58. The Self in Advaita, S. Y. Krishnaswamy

    59. Tradition Of Advaita Essays In Honour Of Kalyanasundara Sastri, Balasubramanian R.

    60. Tradition And Reflection Explorations In Indian Thought, Wilhelm Halbfass

    61. Vedanta Sara Sangraha (Quintessence of Vedanta) Sri Anantendra Yati, T.M.P. Mahadevan

    62. Vedantic Epistemology, Malkani G. R.

    63. Vedic Concept Of Atman, Ramanathan A. S.

    64. The World As Image, Arvind Sharma
    65. Yoga, Enlightenment And Perfection Swami Vidyatirtha Sringeri


    15. Post Shankara Periods (Vivaraṇa & Bhāmatī Schools)


    A Critique on the Vivarana School, Bratindra Kumar Sengupta

    https://archive.org/details/A.Critique.on.the.Vivarana.School


    Bhamati And Vivaraṇa Schools Of Advaita Vedanta, P.S. Roodurmun

    https://archive.org/details/bhamatiandvivaranaschoolsofadvaitavedantapulasthsoobahroodurmummlbdms_988_O


    Misconceptions About Śaṅkara, Sri Sri Satchidanandendra Saraswati (Highly recommended)
    http://adhyatmaprakasha.org/Volumes/PDF/english/007/index.pdf


    Studies in Post-Samkara Dialectics, Ashutosh Bhattacharyya Shastri

    https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.7277


    16. Scriptures by later Advaitins (Post-Sankara Advaita, Selections) - ENGLISH


    Mandana Mishra (possibly Sureśvara):


    The Advaita Vedanta of Brahmasiddhi. Allen W. Thrasher


    Vācaspati Miśra:


    1. The Bhamati Catussutri (on Śankara's Brahmasūtrabhāsya)
    2. Vacaspati Misra On Advaita Vedanta. Dr. Hasurkar

    3. Contribution Of Vacaspati Misra To Indian Philosophy


    Prakasatman (Vivarana):


    Prakasatman's Pancapadika-Vivarana


    Sarvajnatman:


    1. Pancaprakriya of Sarvajnatman
    2. Samksepasariraka of Sarvajnatman


    Śrīharṣa:


    Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya


    Sri Vidyāraṇya & Bharati Tirtha:


    1. Pañcadaśī
    2. Jivanmukti Viveka

    3. Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha by Madhavacharya (Vidyaranya Swami). E.B.Cowell

    4. Vivarana Prameya Sangrah (English)


    Śaṃkarānanda:


    1. The Philosophy of Sage Yajnavalkya: a free rendering of the Yajnavalkya-Kanda by Swami Brahmananda
    2. Kausitaki Brahmanopanishad with Dipika, edited with translation by E. B. Cowell


    Sadananda Yogendra Saraswati:


    1. Vedāntasāra
    2. A manual of Hindu pantheism, The Vedantasara. Transl. Jabob


    Nṛsiṃhāśrama:


    Bheda-Dhikkāra


    Madhusūdana Sarasvatī:


    1. Advaita-Siddhi (English)

    2. Advaita-Siddhi (Sanskrit)
    3. Siddhanta-Bindu

    4. Vedantakalpalatika


    Dharmarāja Adhvarindra:


    1. Vedānta-Paribhāsā. Transl. Swami Madhavananda (English)
    2. Vedānta-Paribhāsā (Sanskrit)


    Appayya Dīkṣita:


    1. Siddhanta Lesa Sangraha (English)
    2. Siddhanta Lesa Sangraha (Sanskrit)


    Sadasiva Brahmendra:


    Advaita-rasa-Mañjari


    Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati:


    Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Biography


    Sri Satchidanandendra Saraswati Swamiji:


    A lot of excellent works! http://adhyatmaprakasha.org/php/english_books.php



    17. Additional References


    Adhyatmaprakasha Karyalaya (Highly recommended)
    http://adhyatmaprakasha.org


    Madhaviya Shankara Digvijayam
    https://www.sringeri.net/history/sri-adi-shankaracharya/biography/abridged-madhaviya-shankara-digvijayam


    Prasthanatraya Forum & Bhashya
    http://shankarabhashya.com


    18. Helpful Articles


    https://advaita-vedanta.org/articles/index.html


    19. Related to Sanskrit


    https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%83/ (Highly recommended)

    https://sanskritdocuments.org/sanskrit/shankaracharya
    https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in (Great)

    https://sanskritdocuments.org (Great)

    http://www.sanskritweb.net/sansdocs

    http://www.sanskritebooks.org

    http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil.html (Great)


    19.1 Sanskrit Dictionaries & Tools


    http://www.andhrabharati.com/dictionary/sanskrit/

    http://spokensanskrit.org


    Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries
    https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de


    List of Sanskrit-English Dictionaries (MW, Apte, McDonell, etc.)
    https://sanskritlibrary.org/cologne.html


    Online Sanskrit Tools - TDIL-DC
    http://tdil-dc.in/index.php?option=com_vertical&parentid=84&lang=en


    Sanskrit Computational Tools
    http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/scl/