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Vedanta

Vedanta (/veɪˈdɑːntə/; Sanskrit: वेदान्त, IAST: Vedānta ), also known as Uttara Mīmāṃsā, is one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy and textual exegesis. The word Vedanta means 'conclusion of the Vedas,' and encompasses the ideas that emerged from, or aligned and reinterpreted, the speculations and enumerations contained in the Upanis…

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Samkhya
Kapila
Secular
Valluvar
Vaisheshika
Kaṇāda, Prashastapada
Yoga
Patanjali

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related to Further reading · 37
Vedanta → Archived, Bhattachārya, Choice Upanishads, Comparative, Deussen, Encyclopedia, Forgotten Truth, HarperSanFrancisco, Huston, Indian Philosophies, ISBN, Karl, Nārāyana Guru, Parthasarathy, Paul, Pondicherry, Potter, Practice, Pravrajika, Reprint
related to Influence on Western thinkers · 32
Vedanta → Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, An, Arthur Schopenhauer, Asia, Brahman, Deussen, Dvaita, Early, European, German, God, Great Anonymous, Greek, He, His, Indian, Indology, Influenced, Lucian Blaga
related to Hindu traditions · 30
Vedanta → Advaita Vedanta, Assam, Bhairava Shastras, Bhedabheda Vedanta, Braj, Dvaita Vedanta, Gaudapada's Advaita Vedanta, Hinduism, India, Isaeva, Karnataka, Kashmir Shaivism, Krishna Vaishnavism, Of, Ramananda, Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, Shaiva Siddhanta, Shaivism, Shiva, Shiva Shastras
related to Web sources · 29
Vedanta → Andrew, Bhedabheda Vedanta, Britannica, Buitenin, Devanathan, Doniger, Gaudapada, Hindu, Hindu Philosophy, Historical, Indian, Internet Encyclopedia, Jagannathan, Jitendra, Madhva, Matt, Michael, Mohanty, Nicholson, Philosophy
related to Vaishnavism Bhakti Vedanta (11th–16th centuries) · 28
Vedanta → Advaita Vedanta, Alvars, Bhagavata Purana, Bhakti, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Eknath, Hinduism, It, Madhva, Madhvacharya, Manavala Mamunigal, Namdev, Puranic, Ramananda, Ramanuja, Ramanujacharya, Shankara's, Shri Vaishnavas, Surdas, The Bhakti
related to Before the Brahma Sutras (before the 5th century) · 25
Vedanta → Advaita, Ashmarathya, Atreya, Audulomi, Badarayana, Badari, BCE, Bhedabheda, Brahma Sutras, Brahmadatta, CE, Dravidacharya, It, Karsnajini, Kashakrtsna, Little, Pandaya, References, Sharma, Sundara
related to Common features · 21
Vedanta → Belief, Bhagavadgītā, Brahma Sūtras, Brahman, Buddhism, Despite, Dvaita Vedanta, God, Jainism, Jīva, Nyaya, Purva Mimamsa, Rejection, Samkhya, Scripture, Sruti, The, Upaniṣads, Vaisheshika, Vedic
related to Between the Brahma Sutras and Adi Shankara (5th–8th centuries) · 18
Vedanta → Adi Shankara, At, Bhartṛhari, Brahma Sutras, CE, Dāsa, Gaudapada, Kārikā, Little, Only, Rāmānuja, Shankara, Shankara's, Siddhitraya, Vedārthasamgraha, Vākyapadīya, Yamunācārya, Yatīndramatadīpikā
related to overview · 17
Vedanta → Advaita Vedanta, Brahma Sutras, Four Vaishnava, Gavin Flood, Madhva, Nimbarka, Ramanuja, Shaivism, Shankara, The Upanishads, They, Upanishads, Vaisnava, Vaisnavism, Vallabha, Varying, Vedantic
related to Advaita Vedanta · 16
Vedanta → Adi Shankara, Advaita, Advaita Vedanta, All, Atman, Atman-Brahman, Brahman, Gaudapada, IAST Advaita Vedānta, Jīvatman, Maya, Sanskrit, Spiritual, The, Vedantins, Vidyaranya

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brahman advaita philosophy upanishads shankara century hindu brahma schools dvaita also ramanuja vishishtadvaita school sutras traditions hinduism bhakti god world

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VedantaVaisheshikaKaṇāda, Prashastapada1.00infobox
VedantaYogaPatanjali1.00infobox
Vedantais ainvestigation of Brahman and Ātman.The various traditions give their own0.90text
Vedantais amost well-known school of Vedanta and is sometimes wrongly perceived as the sole representation of Vedantic thought0.90text
the Bhagavata Puranainstance ofIt was supported by the Puranic literature0.80text
poetic worksinstance ofIt was supported by the Puranic literature0.80text
as well as many scholarly bhasyasinstance ofIt was supported by the Puranic literature0.80text
samhitas.This period saw the growth of Vashnavism Sampradayasinstance ofIt was supported by the Puranic literature0.80text
Manavala Mamunigalinstance ofBhakti poets or teachers0.80text
Namdevinstance ofBhakti poets or teachers0.80text

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