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As the title says, this book ``is an attempt to bring out clearly the intimate link existing between mathematical and metaphysical truth. The chief motivation for this study came from the Sanskrit aphorisms and commentary in a book called Pūrṇamīmaṁsādarśanam by Śrī Śrī Śrī Jagadguru Kaḷyāṇānda Bhāratī Māntacārya Swāmi''. An aphorism (sutra) is conceptually a brief set of words which is correct grammar-wise which cannot be reduced, and which is clear, comprehensive and directs straight to the meaning. This book contains 108 aphorisms. It contains a very long preamble as a conversation between mathematician and vedantin, followed by the aphorisms and their commentary (which is also quite often a discussion between mathematician and vedantin). There are appendices explaining concepts like Riemann sheets, exponential function, Fibonacci sequence. The Aphorisms of Pūrṇamīmaṁsādarśanam is also given as Appendix 3. References to various texts of Indian philosophy and others are available at the end. However, after reading the whole book, the reviewer was not convinced of the use of interpreting mathematics through vedanta or vice-versa -- the aphorisms like `vṛttamīsvaraḥ' (meaning that the circle represents God) ar still of not much use according to him.