| Author | Attributed to Adi Shankara |
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| Language | Sanskrit |
| Subject | Hindu philosophy |
| Genre | Advaita Vedanta |
| Publisher | Original: 8th century AD; Reprinted in 1947 by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | First publication in 1812 translated by J. Taylor |
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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.[1][2]
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. [3]
Atmabodha is also the title of an Upanishad attached to the Atharvaveda.
- ^ Roshan Dalal (2010). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books. p. 48. ISBN 9780143414216.
- ^ N.V.Isaeva (January 1993). Shankara and Indian Philosophy. SUNY Press. pp. 78, 98. ISBN 9780791412817.
- ^ Sankaracharya (1965). Atma Bodha. pp. vii.