Prasthanatrayi

Prasthanatrayi (Sanskrit: प्रस्थानत्रयी, IAST: Prasthānatrayī), literally, three sources (or axioms), refers to the three canonical texts of theology having epistemic authority, especially of the Vedanta schools. It consists of:

1. The Upanishads, known as Upadeśa Prasthānam (injunctive texts), and the Śruti Prasthānam (the starting point or axiom of revelation), especially the Principal Upanishads.
2. The Bhagavad Gītā, known as Sādhana Prasthānam (practical text), and the Smṛti Prasthānam (the starting point or axiom of remembered tradition)
3. The Brahma Sūtras, known as Sūtra Prasthānam (formulative texts) or Nyāya Prasthānam or Yukti Prasthānam or Tarka Prasthānam (logical text or axiom of logic)

The Mukhya Upanishads consist of ten, twelve or thirteen major texts, with a total of 108 texts described in Muktikopanishad. The ten Upanishads are Īśā, Kena, Kaṭha, Praṣna, Muṇḍaka, Māṇḍūkya, Taittirīya, Aitareya, Chāndogya and Bṛhadāraṇyaka.

See also

• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Mukhya Upanishads
• Bhagavad Gītā
• Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism
• Veda Vyas
• Brahma Sūtras
• Shuddhadvaita
• Adi Shankaracharya
• Ramanujacharya
• Madhvacharya
• Nimbarkacharya
• Vallabhacarya
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
• Baladeva Vidyabhushana

Notes

• Madhva; Bannañje Govindācārya (1969). Sarvamūlagranthaḥ: Prasthānatrayī. Akhila Bhārata Mādhva Mahā Maṇḍala Prakāśanam. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
• Paramananda Bharathi (Swami.) (2010). Vedānta prabodha: Prasthānatrayī Śaṅkarabhāshya kā tāttvikasāra. Caukhambā Surabhāratī Prakāśana. ISBN 978-93-80326-40-5. Retrieved 8 June 2013. [1]