The Rashtrakutas and their Times c20.54

c20.54

The philosophical revival had commenced about the second century B. C. when the nucleus of the present Brahmasūtras seems to have been formed. For about four centuries the Brahmasūtra school continued to expound the Hindu philosophical view and refute the heresies of the Jains and the Buddhists and others till the Brahmasūtras assumed their present form at about the middle of the 3rd century A. D. A number of writers continued the work, but it found its most powerful exponent in the great S'ankarāchārya, who flourished in our period. This great philosopher, though born in Kerala, was an all-India figure, and it would be interesting to enquire what was the influence of his teachings and activities in the Deccan of our period.