Aleksandar Uskokov is Sanskrit Lector in the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University, USA.

Uskokov’s book offers far more than an introduction to a difficult text: grounded in extensive research and an original method, it provides a renewed decoding of the Brahma-sutra and reveals the deep doctrinal coherence behind centuries of commentary.

• AcknowledgementsNote on Sanskrit Transliteration and TranslationAbbreviations Chronological Table of CommentariesIntroduction: Situating the Brahma-sutra1. Reception History2. Philosophy, Theology, and the Idea of Scripture3. Ontology and the Problem of Causality 4. The Purpose of Creation5. Brahman and the Problem of Evil6. The Doctrine of Meditation on Brahman7. The Individual Soul, Liberation, and Attainment of Brahman NotesReferences Index

Aleksandar Uskokov is Sanskrit Lector in the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University, USA.

Uskokov’s book offers far more than an introduction to a difficult text: grounded in extensive research and an original method, it provides a renewed decoding of the Brahma-sutra and reveals the deep doctrinal coherence behind centuries of commentary.

• AcknowledgementsNote on Sanskrit Transliteration and TranslationAbbreviations Chronological Table of CommentariesIntroduction: Situating the Brahma-sutra1. Reception History2. Philosophy, Theology, and the Idea of Scripture3. Ontology and the Problem of Causality 4. The Purpose of Creation5. Brahman and the Problem of Evil6. The Doctrine of Meditation on Brahman7. The Individual Soul, Liberation, and Attainment of Brahman NotesReferences Index

Aleksandar Uskokov is Sanskrit Lector in the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University, USA.

Uskokov’s book offers far more than an introduction to a difficult text: grounded in extensive research and an original method, it provides a renewed decoding of the Brahma-sutra and reveals the deep doctrinal coherence behind centuries of commentary.

• AcknowledgementsNote on Sanskrit Transliteration and TranslationAbbreviations Chronological Table of CommentariesIntroduction: Situating the Brahma-sutra1. Reception History2. Philosophy, Theology, and the Idea of Scripture3. Ontology and the Problem of Causality 4. The Purpose of Creation5. Brahman and the Problem of Evil6. The Doctrine of Meditation on Brahman7. The Individual Soul, Liberation, and Attainment of Brahman NotesReferences Index