उपनिषत्सु ज्ञानस्वरुपविवेचनम्: Nature of Jnana in The Upanishads

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Upanishads talk of the ultimate reality as pure knowledge, or consciousness principle. It is that consciousness which is reflected in everything we see. This book is a study of ten major Upanishads on this entity called consciousness, which is otherwise known as Brahman or jnanam. Commentaries by the writers of non- dualist school, particularly of Sri Shankara, have been studied in this book. It is studied in four major parts - the meaning of jnanam, the jagat, i.e. the universe in which man is a part, the sadhanas which have been told to acquire jnanam and the status of a jnani. Commentators have adopted different methodologies like study of the three states of consciousness, the five sheaths of personality, the three levels of personality, the paradigm of superimposition and its removal etc. The unity of the individual self and the Universal Self is the proposition of the non-dualist school, which is elaborated in this book.

Karanam Aravinda Rao joined the Indian Police Service in 1977 and served for 34years in various positions before retiring in 2011 as the head of the AP State Police. He is a post-graduate in English, who later got interested in Sanskrit as part of his study of social and religious tensions, which ultimately led to getting a Ph.D in the language. He studied Vedanta under Mahamahopadhyaya Pullela Sriramachandrudu and Swami Tattwavidananda Saraswati. The present book is an adaptation of his thesis on the same subject. He had earlier authored a book -'Naxalite Terrorism- Social and Legal Issues' in 1996 and is currently completing a book about the Gita.