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| + | Unlike the Advaita and the Dvaita philosophies which accept only the prasthānatraya to be authoritative, the Viśiṣṭādvaita of Rāmānuja<ref>Rāmānuja lived in A. D. 1017-1137.</ref> accords equal status to the Sanskrit prasthānatraya to the Divyaprabandham.<ref>Divyaprabandham is the Tamil works of the Ālvārs.</ref> Hence it is called Ubhayavedānta. Ubhayavedānta is the Vedānta that accepts both the authorities. | ||
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| + | * The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 14 December 2015
By Swami Harshananda
Sometimes transliterated as: Ubhayavedanta, UbhayavedAnta, Ubhayavedaanta
Ubhayavedānta literally means ‘Vedānta that accepts both’.
Vedānta has branched off into three main streams:
- Advaita
- Viśiṣṭādvaita
- Dvaita
Unlike the Advaita and the Dvaita philosophies which accept only the prasthānatraya to be authoritative, the Viśiṣṭādvaita of Rāmānuja[1] accords equal status to the Sanskrit prasthānatraya to the Divyaprabandham.[2] Hence it is called Ubhayavedānta. Ubhayavedānta is the Vedānta that accepts both the authorities.
References
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore