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.
Vedantist
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a word derived from
Vedanta.
Example Sentences
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The paragon of all monistic systems is the Vedanta philosophy of Hindostan, and the paragon of Vedantist missionaries was the late Swami Vivekananda who visited our shores some years ago.
From Pragmatism by William James
Now we know that within the Vedantist school there were divergences of opinion which later received classic expression in the hands of Śankara and Râmânuja.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
It is true that Buddhism invented gods for itself and became more and more like Hinduism and that the later Vedantist and Sivaite schools have a strong bent to monotheism.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
"He's not Buddhist, Vedantist, neo-Platonist," she declared, deeply puzzled.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
The Vedantist philosopher, however, though he considers all souls as emanations from God, does not believe that all of them will return into God at death.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
