Vakyavritti and Atmajnanopadeshavidhi of Sri Sankaracharya

Preface The English translations of the two works of Sri Sankara, namely, the Vakyavritti, and the Atmajnanopadeshavidhi are offered to the public in the hope that they will be of help to beginners in understanding the fundamental theme of the Upanishads which preach the unity of the individual and the universal Self as also the falsity of the world of distinctions. References to quotations and the explanations given in the notes will, it is hoped, facilitate the study of the texts. For the Explanatory notes in the Atmajananopadeshavidhi we are indebted to the commentator Anandagiri. Our thanks are due to Prof. Mahendra Nath Sarkar for writing a foreword to the Vakyavritti and to Mr. V. Subrahmanya Iyer, Ex-Registrar, Mysore University, for going through the manuscript of the Atmajnanopadeshavidhi and offering valuable suggestions.