Vedanta
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.
Vedantism
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a word derived from
Vedanta.
Example Sentences
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The method of Vedantism is the mystical method.
From Pragmatism by William James
As to dates, the older Upanishads which contain the foundations but not the complete edifice of Vedantism, seem a little earlier than the Buddha.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
The ancient Aryans could not rest satisfied with the Unknown and the Absolute of their Vedantism; so they speedily began to erect for their evergrowing pantheon an endless procession of emanations.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
And yet, amid all its hosts of contradictions and ways of salvation and sects and cults there have sounded, as a diapason through all the centuries, the fundamental teachings of Vedantism.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
The next great Mîmâ@msâ scholar and follower of Kumârila was Ma@n@dana Mis'ra, the author of Vidhiviveka, Mîmâ@msânukrama@nî and the commentator of Tantravârttika, who became later on converted by S'a@nkara to Vedantism.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
