Atma bodha

Ātma-bodha (Sanskrit: आत्मबोधः ) is a short Sanskrit text attributed to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The text in sixty-eight verses describes the path to Self-knowledge or the awareness of Atman.

Ātma-bōdha
AuthorAttributed to Adi Shankara
CountryIndia
LanguageSanskrit
SubjectHindu philosophy
GenreAdvaita Vedanta
PublisherOriginal: 8th century AD; Reprinted in 1947 by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai
Published in English
First publication in 1812 translated by J. Taylor

The Vedanta tradition states that the text was written by Shankara for his disciple, Sanandana, also known as Padmapāda. Ātma-bodha is a prakarṇa grantha: literature that explains the terms and terminologies used in the Śāstras but they do not contribute any original thought.

Atmabodha is also the title of an Upanishad attached to the Atharvaveda.

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