From: Suryansu Ray <...@yahoo.com>
Date: 26 March 2010 18:53
Subject: Re: ParamArthasAra by AdisheSa
To: Dominik Wujastyk <...@gmail.com>


Dear Dr. Dominik Wujastyk,

...


In the meantime, I have scanned my folders and found the very very important
Paramārthasāra by Ādiśeṣa, typed by me 4 years ago. In just 85 shlokas
Ādiśeṣa has beautifully explained the ātmatattva from the advaita point of
view. The work is one of the oldest texts revealed in India. In case your
site does not have this small but invaluable piece for download, I am
donating this item with this mail. 

Young Sanskrit students should memorise these immortal 85 shlokas, 
which will stay in their hearts for the rest of
their lives. A small English articles of mine is appended too, which gives a
short account of this piece and some idea of the āryā metre in which the
piece is composed.

Later, in the 11th century AD, Abhinava Gupta, a Kashmiri Paṇḍit, rewrote
Paramārthasāra, slightly revising Ādiśeṣa's shlokas. Gupta was contemporary
to King Bhoja, who established a huge Sanskrit university at his capital
Dhārā near Ujjayinī. Since Gupta's version is taught in universities, there
is no problem is getting it. But wide publicity should be given to
Ādiśeṣa's original shlokas, which are older than Śaṅkara's works and which
are indispensable for understanding the advaita way of comprending 
the incomprehensible.

With best wishes,
Suryansu Ray, New Delhi, India.