The three Prasthanas ["Courses", viz, the Upanishad (Shruti), the Gita, and the Shariraka-Sutras], then,
in their different explanations as Dvaita, Vishistadvaita, or Advaita, with a few minor recensions,
form the "authorities" of the Hindu religion.
The Puranas, the modern representations of the ancient Narasamsi (anecdote portion of the Vedas), supply the mythology, and
the Tantras, the modern representations of the Brahmanas (ritual and explanatory portion of the Vedas), supply the ritual.
Thus the three Prasthanas, as authorities, are common to all the sects; but as to the Puranas and Tantras, each sect has its own.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Reply to the Madras Address’
in their different explanations as Dvaita, Vishistadvaita, or Advaita, with a few minor recensions,
form the "authorities" of the Hindu religion.
The Puranas, the modern representations of the ancient Narasamsi (anecdote portion of the Vedas), supply the mythology, and
the Tantras, the modern representations of the Brahmanas (ritual and explanatory portion of the Vedas), supply the ritual.
Thus the three Prasthanas, as authorities, are common to all the sects; but as to the Puranas and Tantras, each sect has its own.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Reply to the Madras Address’
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