Ancient · Sanskrit
Paramārthasāra
Paramārthasāra, a Sanskrit philosophical text by Ādiśeṣa, with transliteration and Thothica's English translation from the GRETIL source text. The source attributes the work to Ādiśeṣa, also identified as Śeṣa or Anantanāga.
Chapters
- 01Invocation and the disciple's questionprose
- 02Cosmogony and the non-agency of the Selfprose
- 03Superimposition, world-illusion, and the pure ātmanprose
- 04Action, knowledge, and the destruction of karmaprose
- 05Contemplative realization and becoming brahmanprose
- 06Liberation-in-life, the liberated sage, and the fruitprose
In the atlas
fully mappedFigures
Brahmā · Rāhu · Viṣṇu · the disciple · Śeṣa
Ideas25
Brahman · Kṣetrajña · Māyā · Puruṣa · Vijñāna · adhyāsa / bhrānti · advaita · antaḥkaraṇa complex · avidyā · guṇa
Places
heaven and hell · sacred ford and the outcaste's dwelling
Events
cosmic creation and dissolution · horse-sacrifice and brahminicide · the disciple's questioning of the teacher
Objects
Paramārthasāra · the cosmic egg · wish-fulfilling jewel
Animals
Serpent · silk-worm
5 citations · 10 themes · 43 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.