One of the early Upanishads, the “Brahma…

One of the early Upanishads, the “Brahma sutras” (or “Vedanta sutras”) attributed to Badarayana, is written between 100 BCE and CE 100.

One of the three canonical texts of the Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy, a thorough study of Vedānta requires a close examination of these three texts, known in Sanskrit as the Prasthanatrayi, or the three starting points.

The Brahma sūtra, as the exposition of the philosophy of the Upanishads, is an attempt to systematize the various strands of the Upanishads that form the background of the orthodox systems of thought.

It is also called Uttara-Mimāṃsā or the investigation of the later part of the Vedas, as distinguished from the Mimāṃsā of the earlier part of the Vedas and the Brahmanas which deal with ritual or karma-kānda.

It is intended to be a summary of the teaching of the Upanishads.