Language and Release: Saravjnatman's Pancaprakriya

We find here a translation for the first time of the sanskrit philosophical work entitled Pancaprakriya which belongs to the relatively early Advaita Vedanta thinker Sarvajnatman and a thematic analysis of the contents of that work. The Pancaprakriya is a menual of Advaita Vedanta philosophy of language which for Sarcajnatman is reduced to the discernment of the proper meaning of certain great Upanisadic statements or mahavakyss such as Iam Brahman and "That thou art." Through the approprition of such a proper understanding which resorts to the secondary of implied usage of language, the qualifies striver after enlightenment obtains release from bondage in the world.