Exclusion of Sudras from Brahmajijnasa Re-Reading Apasudradhikaranam of Brahmasutra Sankara Bhasya

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1. Brahmasutra Bhasya of Sankara and the Problem of Exclusion : An Exposition ......14 Brahmajijnasa .........15 Apasudradhikaranam within Brahmasutra Bhasya .........30 Exlusion ans Sankaravedanta .............54 2. History of Exclusion in the Textual Traditions of India ..........71 Categories of Societies in Ancient India ......73 Soial Context of the Formation of Caste System ..........76 Who were Sudras ...........79 Exclusion of Sudras in the Vedic Period ..........90 Exclusion of Sudras in the Upaisadic Period .........98 Sudra in the post-upanisadic period ............109 Sudras in South India : Spread of Brahmanism and the Ideal of Varna ........115 3. Possibility of a Sudra Brahmajijnasu . Exploring the non-exclusory scope of Apasudradhikaranam .......131 Sankara, the Inclusive Vedantin : A Comparative and Analytical Exposition of Apasudradhikaranam ........133 Pseudo-Sudras: Inclusive Features of the characters in Apasudradhikaranam ........152 Smrti Replacing sruti: Is sruti Necessary for Salvation ...........178 Sannyasa as sine Quna non for Brahmajijhnasa ..............199 4. Text versus truth : Inclusion - exclusion Dilemma in Sankara ..........219 Reducing the problem of Exclusion : Brahmajijnasa for All and Vedas for a Few ..........221 Requisties of Sadhanacatustaya and study of Vedas : Revisiting exclusion from the Quest for Brahman ..........222 Rationale for the Inclusion - Exclusion Dilemma ......238 5. Re-reading sudra-Exlusion : An Inclusive listening to the Voices for AAdvaita ..........291 Sankara`s Inclusivism : Sankara throught the prism of an Inclusive critique ........293 Brahmajijnasa for some or for all .............316