Sanatsujatiya
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The Sanatsujatiya (Sanatsujātīya) refers to a portion of the Mahabharata (Mahābhārata), a Hindu epic. It appears in the Udyoga Parva (book), and is composed of five chapters (Adhyāya 41–46). One reason for the Sanatsujatiya's importance is that it was commented upon by Adi Shankara, the preeminent expositor of Advaita Vedanta, and one of the most important Hindu sages, philosophers, and mystics.
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The Sanatsujatiya (Sanatsujātīya) refers to a portion of the Mahabharata (Mahābhārata), a Hindu epic. It appears in the Udyoga Parva (book), and is composed of five chapters (Adhyāya 41–46). One reason for the Sanatsujatiya's importance is that it was commented upon by Adi Shankara, the preeminent expositor of Advaita Vedanta, and one of the most important Hindu sages, philosophers, and mystics.
Buitenen wrote that "The Sanatsujatiya had a minor reputation as a philosophical classic.... The text certainly deserves more study than it has received" (p. 182). He also wrote that
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