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Concept of Difference According to the Dvaita School of Indian

Abstract

R. Saraswati Sainath

The Dvaita school of Indian Philosophy was formulated by Madhvācārya also called as �?nandatÄ«rtha of circa thirteenth century CE. It is a realistic school professing the concept of dualism. Considered as a tough opponent to the popular monistic school of Indian Philosophy—Advaita Vedānta—the school develops on the concept of difference. In other words, difference can be said to be the pivotal principle of this school and it maintains the concept of difference even in the state of liberation in which the selves are free from the cycle of transmigration consisting of births and deaths. This clearly distinguishes this school from the other schools of Indian Philosophy wherein difference ceases to exist once the self becomes liberated. This paper explores the concept of difference as admitted by Dvaita Vedānta in a critical perspective.

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