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dvaita

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[dvahy-tuh] / ˈdvaɪ tə /

noun

Hinduism.

  1. any of the pluralistic schools of philosophy.

  2. (initial capital letter)  (in Vedantic philosophy) one of the two principal schools, asserting that entities have a real existence apart from Brahman.

Etymology

Origin of dvaita

< Sanskrit; akin to two

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It was only natural that Râmânuja's advocacy of qualified non-duality should lead some more uncompromising spirit to affirm the doctrine of Dvaita or duality.

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