What is "panchadasi"

Panchadasi or Panchadashi ( Devanagari: पंचदशी IAST paṃcadaśī) is a simple yet comprehensive manual of Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त, advaita vedānta) written in the fourteenth century A.D (1386-1391) by Vidyaranya , previously known as Madhavacharya .

There is a view among teachers of philosophy that the later portions of this work were written by Bharatitirtha.

Pancha is five and dasi is ten, are the total fifteen chapters divided into three quintets the three aspects of Brahman, Sat (सत, Vivek), Chit (चित, Consciousness) and Ananda (आनंद, Bliss) aspects of Reality. It elaborates Advaita (अद्वैत, view of Brahman and its derivatives), Consciousness, Jiva, Maya, Prakriti (प्रकृति, prakṛti, primary substance), Mahat (Omnipotent Matter), Buddhi ( Intellect), Ahamkara (Ego), Avidya (Ignorance), and ānanda (Bliss).