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This work is an attempt to present Advaita Epistemology as expounded by Madhusudan Sarasvati in his Advaitasiddhi which is said to be the last great work in the tradition of Advaita dialectics. Advaitasiddhi marks the culmination of Advaita dialectics. It reconciles apparently contradictory views of different Advaita teachers and safeguards them from the attack of the opponents. The present work, unlike other critical works written on this subject, seeks to find out the justification of the epistemological stand-point of Advaita rather than to expound the different methods of knowledge such as pratyaksa, anumana etc., which are discussed in Vedantaparibhasa of Dharmarajadhvarindra. Following the line of interpretation of Madhusudana it is sought ot be proved that the Advaitins are only prakriyas which are formulated to prove the central truth of Advaita that the ultimate reality is one without a second.This work attempts to present Advaita epistemology asexpounded by Madhusidana Sarasvati in his Advaita Siddhiwhich is thought to be the last great work in the tradition of
Advaita dialectics.Like other dialecticians of Advaita, Madhusidana subjects each and every concept used by the non-Advaitins to severe criticism and shows their unsoundness. He shows that the definitions and concepts of the non-Advaitins are inconsistent, which can neither explain themselves nor the world of experience. By clarifying the concepts of reality, unreality and falsity he shows that even though the world is thought to be real in the manner the non-Advaitins conceive it, it cannot undermine the falsity of the world upheld by the Advaitins, as their conception of reality differs.