Vedanta

See also: vedanta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदान्त (vedānta).

Proper noun

Vedanta

  1. A Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman.
    • 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 153:
      Well, Vedanta recognizes no sin, only error, and the greatest error, it says, is to believe that you are a sinner, a wretch deficient in character.
  2. The Upanishads collectively.

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