Vedanta

[ vi-dahn-tuh, -dan- ]

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noun

the chief Hindu philosophy, dealing mainly with the Upanishadic doctrine of the identity of Brahman and Atman, that reached its highest development a.d. c800 through the philosopher Shankara. Compare Advaita, dvaita ( def 2 ).

Vedanta

/ vɪˈdɑːntə; -ˈdæn- /

one of the six main philosophical schools of Hinduism, expounding the monism regarded as implicit in the Veda in accordance with the doctrines of the Upanishads. It teaches that only Brahman has reality, while the whole phenomenal world is the outcome of illusion (maya)

Origin of Vedanta¹

< Sanskrit, equivalent to veda Veda + anta end

Origin of Vedanta¹

C19: from Sanskrit, from Veda + ánta end

The whole pantheism of the Vedanta is contained in the symbol of the bisexual deity Ardhanari.

This would be contrary to justice, disproportionate, to use an expression of Vedanta philosophy.

Vedanta points out that God is the only Reality; all creation or separate existence is maya or illusion.

To these belong, first, the "Vedanta," (end of the Veda) or the dogmatic-apologetic exposition of the Veda.

They are without much difficulty reducible to three leading schools of thought—the Nyaya, the Sankhya, and the Vedanta.

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