Néti néti : On the meaning of an Upanisadic citation of some renown in Hindu texts and Western minds (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz. Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Klasse)

There are admittedly several possibilities of constructing, understanding and translating néti néti. Post-Verdic exegeses have a significant part in modern standard translations of néti néti in the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad. The late-medieval Indian narrative of a paramount importance of Sankara for the undersanding of the Upanisads, and the latter s construction of one philosophy underlying them, is widely taken at its face value still today.