Eight Upanishads, with the Commentary of Sankara, Vol. II: Aitareya,Mundaka,Mandukya & Karika,and Prashna

by Gambhirananda

Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Volume Two covers the Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya, Karika and Prasna Upanishad. Each verse has the Devanagri Sanskrit, with English translation and commentary, with further commentary by Sankaraca. Also included is an Index to texts in Devanagri Sanskrit.

Genres: Hinduism, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Religion, Philosophy

513 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1958

About the author

Swami Gambhirananda (1889-1988), born as Jatindranath Datta, was a Hindu sanyasi associated with Ramakrishna Mission.

Swami Gambhirananda was born at Sadhuhati in today's Bangladesh. A graduate of Scottish Church College in Kolkata, he joined the Ramakrishna Mission in 1923. He was initiated to sanyas by Swami Shivananda. A great scholar, he was the 11th President of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Ga...

Reviews

[Tj · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent translations with word for word sanskrit-english too, and commentaries by sankara. I reccomment that anyone who wants to read upanishads do it from this or a similar issue.

[Anmol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excluding the Mandukya Karika (which I've reviewed separately), Shankara's commentaries in this volume lack the illuminating content of Volume 1. This may be because the Upanishads in this volume themselves are not as iconic as the Isha or the Katha. Yet even Shankara does not seem to go into so much detail, or bring out any interesting interpretations, in this volume, as he did for the Kena in particular.

[Nothing Heretosee · Rating 4 out of 5]

same kinda content as the first

[Abhishek Shekhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

very nicely explained but not easy to go through as it appears things get repeated.

[Venkat Krishnan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Upanishads, being the original and unparalleled texts on non-physical science, cannot be compared or grouped with anything else. This makes them sometimes difficult to understand without some explanation. The commentaries by Adi Shankaracarya on the ten major Upanishads provide the most logical explanation of the Upanishads. This book is the best translation of Adi Shankaracarya's commentary on Aitareya, Mundaka, Mandukya, and Prashna, four of the ten major Upanishads.

[Anindya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mandukya upanishad is the most compact.