Brahma Sutras

<p>The <i><b>Brahma sūtras</b></i> (<a title="Sanskrit language" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language">Sanskrit</a>: ब्रह्म सूत्र), also known as the <i><b>Vedānta Sūtras</b></i> (वेदान्त सूत्र), are one of the three canonical texts of the <a title="Vedānta" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ved%C4%81nta">Vedānta</a> school of <a title="Hindu philosophy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy">Hindu philosophy</a>.

The <i>Brahma sūtra</i> is an early exposition of the Vedanta-interpretation of the <a title="Upanishads" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads">Upanishads</a>. It is an attempt to systematise the various strands of the Upanishads which form the background of the orthodox systems of thought. It is also called <i>Uttara-Mimāṃsā</i> or the investigation of the later part of the Vedas, as distinguished from the <i>Mimāṃsā</i> of the earlier part of the Vedas and the <i>Brahmanas</i> which deal with ritual or <i>karma-kānda</i>. It is intended to be a summary of the teaching of the Upanishads</p>