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Definition: VEDANTA |
VEDANTANoun1. A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta," or end or substance. |
Date "VEDANTA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Advaita, the universe is a singular entity, and the divisions people see between discrete objects in the world are a result of ignorance of true nature. This true nature, Shankara claimed, is identical with Brahman, who transcends time and space. While in this ignorant state, a being will remain trapped in the illusions of the world. Thus, the being is reincarnated over and over, and is rewarded and punished according to the actions of the previous life. (see reincarnation, karma)
Eventually, Advaita teaches, each person will discover their true as being one with Brahman, and will achieve moksha--release from endless cycles of reincarnation--and perfect oneness with all things. (see Nirvana).
Vedanta has influenced modern science enormously. Schrödinger was a Vedantist, and he claimed to have been inspired by it in his discovery of quantum theory. According to his biographer Walter Moore, there is a clear continuity between Schrödinger’s understanding of Vedānta and his research: "The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material particles. During the next few years, Schrödinger and Heisenberg and their followers created a universe based on superimposed inseparable waves of probability amplitudes. This new view would be entirely consistent with the Vedantic concept of All in One."
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vedanta."
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-1 letter: adnate, advent. | |
-2 letters: antae, anted, avant, daven, vanda, vaned. | |
-3 letters: anta, ante, data, date, dean, dent, deva, etna, nada, nave, neat, tend, vane, vena, vend, vent. | |
-4 letters: ana, and, ane, ant, ate, ava, ave, den, dev, eat, end, eta, nae, net, tad, tae, tan, tav, tea, ted, ten, van, vat, vet. | |
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+1 letter: vanadate. | |
+2 letters: advantage, navigated, vanadates. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -.. .- -. - .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000101 01000100 01000001 01001110 01010100 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V E D A N T A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0045 0044 0041 004E 0054 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56393835485435 |
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