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Upanishads
ऐतरेयोपनिषद्
Aitareya UpanishadA short Rigvedic Upanishad telling how the Self created the worlds and entered the human body, and concluding that consciousness is Brahman.Not yet ingestedintermediateबृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्
Brihadaranyaka UpanishadThe longest and probably oldest Upanishad, a collection of dialogues and debates, many featuring Yajnavalkya, on the Self, Brahman, death and rebirth.Not yet ingestedadvancedछान्दोग्योपनिषद्
Chandogya UpanishadA long prose Upanishad of the Samaveda, best known for Uddalaka's teaching to his son Shvetaketu that the Self is one with the underlying Being of all things.Not yet ingestedintermediateईशोपनिषद्
Isha UpanishadA very short verse Upanishad that opens by seeing the whole world as pervaded by the Lord, and tries to reconcile renunciation with a life of action.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateकठोपनिषद्
Katha UpanishadA dialogue in which the boy Nachiketa, sent to the realm of Death, asks Yama what happens after death and learns about the undying Self.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateकेनोपनिषद्
Kena UpanishadNamed from its first word, 'by whom?', it asks what directs the mind and senses, and answers that it is what cannot itself be made an object of knowledge.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateमाण्डूक्योपनिषद्
Mandukya UpanishadTwelve short prose statements that map the syllable Om onto waking, dream, deep sleep and a fourth state (turiya) identified with the Self.Not yet ingestedintermediateमुण्डकोपनिषद्
Mundaka UpanishadA verse Upanishad that distinguishes 'lower' knowledge of the Vedas and sciences from the 'higher' knowledge by which the imperishable is known.Not yet ingestedintermediateप्रश्नोपनिषद्
Prashna UpanishadSix seekers each put one question to the sage Pippalada, covering the origin of beings, the vital breath, sleep and dreaming, meditation on Om and the Self.Not yet ingestedintermediateश्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्
Shvetashvatara UpanishadA theistic Upanishad that identifies Brahman with a personal Lord, Rudra-Shiva, and weaves in early Sankhya and Yoga ideas.Not yet ingestedintermediateतैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्
Taittiriya UpanishadAn Upanishad in three sections covering recitation and student ethics, Brahman as truth, knowledge and bliss, and the five 'sheaths' of the person.Not yet ingestedintermediateSutras
ब्रह्मसूत्र
Brahma SutrasA collection of terse aphorisms that systematises the teaching of the Upanishads about Brahman and defends it against rival schools.Not yet ingestedadvancedमीमांसासूत्र
Mimamsa SutrasThe founding text of Purva Mimamsa: a systematic method for interpreting Vedic injunctions and defining dharma.Not yet ingestedadvancedमूलमध्यमककारिका
MulamadhyamakakarikaNagarjuna's foundational verses of the Madhyamaka ("Middle Way") school, arguing that all things are empty of intrinsic nature.Not yet ingestedadvancedनारदभक्तिसूत्र
Narada Bhakti SutraA short set of aphorisms (about 84) defining bhakti as supreme love for God and describing its signs and means.Not yet ingestedbeginnerन्यायसूत्र
Nyaya SutrasThe founding text of Nyaya: an account of the valid means of knowledge, the structure of inference, and the rules and pitfalls of debate.Not yet ingestedadvancedसाङ्ख्यकारिका
Sankhya KarikaThe earliest surviving systematic text of Sankhya: about seventy verses on purusha, prakriti, the three gunas and the 25 principles.Not yet ingestedintermediateशाण्डिल्यभक्तिसूत्र
Shandilya Bhakti SutraA sutra text of about a hundred aphorisms defining bhakti as supreme attachment to God and arguing for its primacy over knowledge.Not yet ingestedintermediateशिवज्ञानबोधम्
Shiva Jnana BodhamTwelve sutras that became the foundational philosophical text of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta.Not yet ingestedadvancedशिवसूत्र
Shiva SutrasA set of 77 terse aphorisms at the root of Kashmir Shaivism, describing consciousness as the Self and the means of realising it.Not yet ingestedadvancedतत्त्वार्थसूत्र
Tattvartha SutraThe first systematic Jain text in Sanskrit, accepted by both Shvetambara and Digambara Jains, covering the whole of Jain doctrine.Not yet ingestedintermediateवैशेषिकसूत्र
Vaisheshika SutrasThe founding text of Vaisheshika: an analysis of reality into categories and a theory of indivisible atoms.Not yet ingestedadvancedयोगसूत्र
Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliThe root text of the Yoga darshana: a terse manual on the mind, its afflictions, and the disciplined path to isolation of pure consciousness.Not yet ingestedintermediateItihasa (epics)
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
Bhagavad GitaA 700-verse dialogue in which Krishna counsels the warrior Arjuna, who has collapsed in despair on the battlefield, on action, the Self and devotion.Full textbeginnerमहाभारत
MahabharataThe vast Sanskrit epic of the conflict between the Pandavas and Kauravas, which contains the Bhagavad Gita and extended teachings on dharma.Not yet ingestedintermediateवाल्मीकिरामायण
Valmiki RamayanaThe Sanskrit epic of Rama, prince of Ayodhya: his exile, the abduction of Sita, the war with Ravana and his return as king.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediatePuranas
अध्यात्मरामायण
Adhyatma RamayanaA Sanskrit retelling of the Rama story in which Rama is the supreme Self and the narrative becomes a vehicle for Advaitic and devotional teaching.Not yet ingestedintermediateभागवतपुराण
Bhagavata PuranaThe most influential Purana of Krishna devotion, telling the stories of Vishnu's descents and above all Krishna's life, with extended philosophical teaching.Not yet ingestedintermediateदेवीभागवतपुराण
Devi Bhagavata PuranaA large Shakta Purana presenting the Goddess as supreme reality, including the philosophical Devi Gita.Not yet ingestedintermediateदेवीमाहात्म्य
Devi MahatmyaA Sanskrit hymn-narrative of 13 chapters, also called Durga Saptashati or Chandi, praising the Goddess as the supreme power who defeats the demons.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateउद्धवगीता
Uddhava GitaKrishna's final teaching to his friend Uddhava before leaving the world, found in the eleventh canto of the Bhagavata Purana.Not yet ingestedintermediateAgama & Tantra
शैवागम
Shaiva AgamasThe corpus of Shaiva scriptures that governs initiation, worship, temple construction, yoga and theology, especially for Shaiva Siddhanta.Not yet ingestedadvancedकुलार्णवतन्त्र
Kularnava TantraA major scripture of the Kaula tantric tradition, covering the guru, initiation, ritual and the philosophy behind Kaula practice.Not yet ingestedadvancedविज्ञानभैरवतन्त्र
Vijnana Bhairava TantraA Shaiva contemplative text in which Bhairava answers the Goddess with a long series of meditative methods (dharanas), widely counted as 112.Not yet ingestedintermediateCanonical scriptures
धम्मपद
DhammapadaA collection of 423 verses in the Pali canon on the mind, ethics and the path to liberation, one of the most read Buddhist texts.Not yet ingestedbeginnerगुरु ग्रन्थ साहिब
Guru Granth SahibThe scripture and living Guru of the Sikhs: poetic hymns set to musical ragas on the One, the Name, divine order and ethical life.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateEthical classics
Prakarana (introductory treatises)
अनुव्याख्यान
AnuvyakhyanaMadhva's verse work supplementing his Brahma Sutra commentary, developing its arguments and responding to rival schools at length.Not yet ingestedadvancedअपरोक्षानुभूति
AparokshanubhutiA verse manual on 'direct realisation' of the Self, known for recasting the limbs of yoga in terms of Vedantic knowledge.Not yet ingestedintermediateअष्टावक्रगीता
Ashtavakra GitaA radical non-dual dialogue in which the sage Ashtavakra tells King Janaka that he is already free, and Janaka responds with verses of realisation.Not yet ingestedadvancedआत्मबोध
Atma BodhaA short verse work on knowledge of the Self, using everyday images to show how the Self is distinguished from body and mind.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateअवधूतगीता
Avadhuta GitaA song of the 'avadhuta', one who has shaken off all worldly and religious conventions, proclaiming the non-dual Self beyond all categories.Not yet ingestedadvancedघेरण्डसंहिता
Gheranda SamhitaA late hatha yoga manual that organises practice into seven limbs, from bodily purification to samadhi.Not yet ingestedintermediateहठयोगप्रदीपिका
Hatha Yoga PradipikaThe best-known medieval manual of hatha yoga, compiling postures, cleansing practices, breath control and seals as preparation for raja yoga.Not yet ingestedintermediateमाण्डूक्यकारिका
Mandukya KarikaA verse treatise on the Mandukya Upanishad and the earliest surviving systematic work of Advaita, arguing that nothing has ever truly come into being.Not yet ingestedadvancedप्रत्यभिज्ञाहृदयम्
Pratyabhijna HridayamTwenty sutras with the author's own commentary, presenting the Pratyabhijna ("recognition") philosophy for those new to it.Not yet ingestedadvancedशिवसंहिता
Shiva SamhitaA hatha yoga text that joins subtle-body practice with a broadly Vedantic, non-dual view of the self.Not yet ingestedintermediateतत्त्वबोध
Tattva BodhaA short prose primer that defines the basic vocabulary of Vedanta in question-and-answer form.Not yet ingestedbeginnerउपदेशसाहस्री
Upadesha Sahasri'A thousand teachings': a two-part manual on how to teach Advaita, in prose and in verse, and widely considered an authentic independent work of Shankara.Not yet ingestedadvancedवेदार्थसंग्रह
Vedartha SangrahaAn independent prose treatise in which Ramanuja sets out how the Upanishads, read as a whole, teach Vishishtadvaita.Not yet ingestedadvancedविवेकचूडामणि
VivekachudamaniA long verse dialogue between a teacher and a disciple, laying out the Advaita path from qualifications of the seeker to liberation.Not yet ingestedintermediateयोगवासिष्ठ
Yoga VasisthaA vast work in which the sage Vasistha teaches the young prince Rama, through many nested stories, that the world is a projection of mind and consciousness.Not yet ingestedadvancedयोगयाज्ञवल्क्य
Yoga YajnavalkyaA dialogue-based yoga text that sets an eightfold yoga, with detailed breathwork, inside a Vedic and Vedantic frame.Not yet ingestedintermediateBhashyas (commentaries on the sutras & Gita)
गीतातात्पर्यनिर्णय
Gita Tatparya Nirnaya (Madhva)Madhva's work determining the 'purport' of the Gita, written in addition to his shorter Gita Bhashya, reading it as teaching devotion to Vishnu within Dvaita.Not yet ingestedadvancedब्रह्मसूत्रभाष्य
Brahma Sutra Bhashya (Madhva)Madhva's concise commentary on the Brahma Sutras, founding the Dvaita school, which holds that God, souls and matter are eternally distinct.Not yet ingestedadvancedगीताभाष्य
Gita Bhashya (Ramanuja)Ramanuja's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, reading it as teaching devotion to a personal God, supported by knowledge and action.Not yet ingestedadvancedब्रह्मसूत्रभाष्य
Brahma Sutra Bhashya (Shankara)Shankara's commentary on the Brahma Sutras, the foundational systematic statement of Advaita Vedanta.Not yet ingestedadvancedगीताभाष्य
Gita Bhashya (Shankara)The oldest surviving complete commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, reading it as teaching liberation through knowledge of the Self.Not yet ingestedadvancedश्रीभाष्य
Sri Bhashya (Ramanuja)Ramanuja's commentary on the Brahma Sutras, the foundational text of Vishishtadvaita, 'qualified non-dualism'.Not yet ingestedadvancedDevotional works
भज गोविन्दम्
Bhaja GovindamA popular devotional hymn, also called Moha Mudgara ('hammer of delusion'), urging the listener to turn from worldly preoccupations to God.Not yet ingestedbeginnerनिर्वाणषट्कम्
Nirvana ShatakamA six-verse hymn, also called Atma Shatakam, in which the speaker negates identification with mind, body, senses and roles, and affirms identity with Shiva as pure consciousness and bliss.Not yet ingestedbeginnerरामचरितमानस
RamcharitmanasTulsidas's Awadhi retelling of the Rama story, in which the whole narrative is an expression of devotion to Rama.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateCommentaries
Modern expositions
उपदेशसारम्
Upadesa SaramThirty verses by Ramana Maharshi that grade the spiritual paths, from action and worship to self-inquiry.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateModernभक्तियोग
Bhakti YogaVivekananda's account of the path of devotion, from preparatory worship to supreme love for God.Not yet ingestedbeginnerModernज्ञानयोग
Jnana YogaVivekananda's lectures presenting Advaita Vedanta to Western audiences as a rational philosophy of knowledge and freedom.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateModernकर्मयोग
Karma YogaVivekananda's lectures on the yoga of action: working without attachment as a path to freedom.Not yet ingestedbeginnerModernराजयोग
Raja YogaVivekananda's influential presentation of Patanjali's yoga, with lectures on practice and his own rendering and commentary on the Yoga Sutras.Not yet ingestedbeginner → intermediateModernनान् यार्
Who Am I? (Nan Yar)Ramana Maharshi's short classic on self-inquiry: tracing the sense of "I" back to its source.Not yet ingestedbeginnerModern