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Work #471 · Mid

Anuvyākhyāna

Madhvācārya
c. 1250 · Sanskrit
Vedānta verse-commentary · Indian Dvaita Vedānta

Madhva's 13th-c. foundational Dvaita Vedānta verse-commentary on the Brahma Sūtras

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Anuvyākhyāna (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Plural
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Anuvyākhyāna

The karmic time of soul-Brahman distinction.

Space

Anuvyākhyāna

The dualist space of five-fold difference.

Matter

Anuvyākhyāna

The eternally-distinct material substance.

Observer

Anuvyākhyāna

The eternal individual soul.

Energy

Anuvyākhyāna

Energies of devotional surrender to Viṣṇu.

Information

Anuvyākhyāna

Five-fold-difference systematic framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Anuvyākhyāna

Madhva's absolute dualism in continuing controversy with Śaṅkara's monism and Rāmānuja's qualified non-dualism.