Upadeśasāhasrī

Upadeśasāhasrī (Upadesha Sahasri, “a thousand teachings”) — Śaṅkara’s undisputed independent work, in a prose book of three prakaraṇas and a verse book of nineteen.

prose and verse books — twenty-two prakaraṇas (Śrīśaṅkarabhagavatpādakṛtā)

Gadyabandhaḥ

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Prakaraṇa	Units
1. Śiṣyapratibodhavidhiprakaraṇam	43
2. Kūṭasthādvayātmabodhaprakaraṇam	67
3. Parisaṅkhyānaprakaraṇam	5

Padyabandhaḥ

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Prakaraṇa	Units
1. Upodghātaprakaraṇam	26
2. Pratiṣedhaprakaraṇam	4
3. Īśvarātmaprakaraṇam	4
4. Tattvajñānasvabhāvaprakaraṇam	5
5. Buddhyaparādhaprakaraṇam	5
6. Viśeṣāpohaprakaraṇam	6
7. Buddhyārūḍhaprakaraṇam	6
8. Mativilāpanaprakaraṇam	6
9. Sūkṣmatāvyāpitāprakaraṇam	9
10. Dṛśisvarūpaparamārthadarśanaprakaraṇam	14
11. Īkṣitṛtvaprakaraṇam	16
12. Prakāśaprakaraṇam	19
13. Acakṣuṣṭvaprakaraṇam	27
14. Svapnasmṛtiprakaraṇam	50
15. Nānyadanyatprakaraṇam	54
16. Pārthivaprakaraṇam	74
17. Samyaṅmatiprakaraṇam	88
18. Tattvamasiprakaraṇam	230
19. Ātmamanaḥsaṃvādaprakaraṇam	28