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Work #1140 · Mature

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

Madhvācārya
13th century (Madhva c. 1238-1317) · Sanskrit
Commentarial treatise (bhāṣya) · Hindu Vedanta / Dvaita / Madhva sampradāya

Madhva's 13th-c. commentary on the Brahma Sutras — founding text of Dvaita Vedanta's pluralist metaphysical realism

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Attribute Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya (Mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom 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 Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
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 Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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

Time

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The 13th-c. Madhva moment; the cyclical-kalpa Hindu time-framework.

Space

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The Karnataka Vaiṣṇava-Vedānta setting; the cosmological space of the Dvaita system.

Matter

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The real material world; the embodied jīvas (souls).

Observer

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The jīva as proper subject; the philosophical-religious commentator.

Energy

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The cosmic energies of Brahman's creative-sustaining work.

Information

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The Brahma-Sutras' systematic content as commented.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Brahma-Sūtra-Bhāṣya

The Dvaita position has been variously contested — Advaita-Vedānta tradition argues for non-dual identity, Viśiṣṭādvaita for qualified non-dualism; Madhva's strict realism remains a vigorous minority within Vedānta.