The word Vedanta is made of two words :
• Veda (वेद) - refers to the four sacred vedic texts.
• Anta (अंत) - this word means "End".
The word Vedanta literally means the end of the

The Upanishads present an associative philosophical inquiry in the form of identifying various doctrines and then presenting arguments for or against them. They form the basic texts

According to Nakamura (2004, p. 3), the Vedanta school has had a historic and central influence on Hinduism:
The prevalence of Vedanta thought is found not only in

1. ^ Vishishtadvaita roots: * Supreme Court of India, 1966 AIR 1119, 1966 SCR (3) 242: "Philosophically, Swaminarayan was a follower of Ramanuja" * Hanna H. Kim: "The philosophical

Common features
Despite their differences, all schools of Vedanta share some common features:
• Vedanta is the pursuit of knowledge into the Brahman and the

The history of Vedanta can be divided into two periods: one prior to the composition of the Brahma Sutras and the other encompassing the schools that developed after the Brahma Sutras were written. Until the 11th century, Vedanta was a peripheral school of thought.

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