The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (439 page)

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, because it outlines the philosophy of Ved
nta; the
B
dar
va
as
tra
, named after its supposed author; the
Vy
sas
tra
, so-named by another tradition which credits its authorship to the sage Vy
sa; and the
r
rakas
tra
, because it is an investigation of ‘that which is embodied’, i.e. the individual self according to
a
kara, or Brahman according to R

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