prakarana
अनुव्याख्यान
Anuvyakhyana
Anuvyākhyāna
Madhva's verse work supplementing his Brahma Sutra commentary, developing its arguments and responding to rival schools at length.
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- Tradition
- Dvaita Vedanta · Vedanta
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Attribution
- MadhvacharyaMadhvacharya
- Period · language
- 13th century CE · Sanskrit
- Themes
- Difference · Debate · Scriptural interpretation · Epistemology
Why read this?
The Anuvyakhyana is where Madhva's arguments against Advaita and other schools are worked out in detail. It is a text for advanced study, often read with Jayatirtha's later commentary on it.
Questions it answers
- ?How does Dvaita defend the reality of difference?
- ?How does Madhva answer Advaita's arguments?
Key teachings
Editorial overview
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Expanding the commentary
It elaborates the interpretation of the Brahma Sutras presented briefly in Madhva's Bhashya.
2
Defence of difference
It argues that difference is given in valid perception and cannot be dismissed as illusion.
3
Engagement with rivals
It engages Advaita and other schools in extended argument.
Structure
- Verse work in four chapters, following the Brahma Sutras
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The text of the Anuvyakhyana is not part of this version. What you see here is an editorial overview with passage references. No verses have been reproduced or invented. The architecture is ready for the text to be added.Concepts
Conceptब्रह्मन्BrahmanThe ultimate reality, the ground from which everything arises.ConceptजीवJiva — the individual soulThe living, embodied individual who acts, experiences and transmigrates.Conceptईश्वरIshvara — GodThe Lord — God as ruler, creator and object of worship.Conceptप्रमाणPramana — means of valid knowledgeThe accepted sources of valid knowledge, such as perception, inference and testimony.ConceptमायाMayaThe power of appearance — why the world seems other than it is.
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