Ramunajacharya
2022 FEB 8
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Why in news?
- Prime Minister inaugurated the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad to honour the 11th-century Hindu saint Sri Ramanujacharya.
Ab0ut Ramunajacharya:
- Born in 1017 CE in Tamil Nadu.
- He is the most respected Acharya in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism.
- He was also referred to as Ilaya Perumal which means the radiant one.
- His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.
- He is famous as the chief proponent of ‘Vishishtadvaita’ subschool of Ved?nta.
- He wrote influential texts, such as bh?sya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.
What is Vishishtadvaita?
- It is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. It is non-dualism of the qualified whole, in which Brahman alone exists, but is characterized by multiplicity.
- It can be described as qualified monism or qualified non-dualism or attributive monism.
- It is a school of Vedanta philosophy which believes in all diversity subsuming to an underlying unity.
PRACTICE QUESTION
‘Vishishtadvaita’ subschool of Vedanta was propounded by:
(a) Vallabhacharya
(b) Nimbarka
(c) Ramunajacharya
(d) Madhvacharya
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