---
type: Reference
title: "Brahma Sūtras"
description: "Bādarāyaṇa's aphoristic systematization of the Upaniṣadic teaching on Brahman; one of the prasthāna-trayī."
tags:
  - primary-source
  - Vedanta
  - sutra
darshana:
  - Vedānta
timestamp: "2026-06-24"
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# Brahma Sūtras

## What It Is

Attributed to Bādarāyaṇa (Vyāsa), the Brahma Sūtras (also Vedānta Sūtras) compress the reasoning of the Upaniṣads into ~555 aphorisms on the nature of Brahman and the means to know it. Every major Vedānta school wrote a commentary on it.

## Why It Matters Here

Cited for the nature of Brahman, the jīva, liberation, and Śabda as pramāṇa.
