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Nimbarka's Vedanta Parijata Saurabha with Srinivasa's Vedanta Kaustubha

This is Roma Bose's English translation of Nimbarka's Vedanta Parijata Saurabha, along with a subcommentary on it, Srinivasa's Vedanta Kaustubha. The Vedanta Parijata Saurabha is Nimbarka's commentary on the Brahma Sutras. Vyasa's Brahma Sutras are the defining text of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, which almost all Hindus belong to today. The most popular Vedantic philosophies are Advaita, Dvaita, Visistadvaita, and Achintya Bhedabheda, but Nimbarka subscribed to a little-known Vedantjc philosophy called Dvaitadvaita, according to which the Jivatma or individual soul is both the same and different from Paramatma or the supreme soul. But even if you have no interest in Dvaitadvaita, Roma Bose's book is still immensely useful, it doesn't just contain Nimbarka's commentary on the Brahma Sutras and Srinivasa's subcommentary on it. It also contains, for each Sutra of the Brahma Sutras, a comparison of how each of the major commentafora (except Madhvacharya) interpret that Sutra. So if you ever want to quickly compare different commentaries on the Brahma Sutras (which is admittedly a pretty nerdy thing to do), this book is an invaluable resource. By the way, if you're intereste

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