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Work #1141 · Mature

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

Madhvācārya
13th century · Sanskrit
Interpretive treatise / Epic-philosophical commentary · Hindu Vedanta / Dvaita / Madhva sampradāya

Madhva's 13th-c. interpretive work on the Mahābhārata — establishing the proper Dvaita reading of the epic

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya (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

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

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

Space

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

The Karnataka Vaiṣṇava-Vedānta setting; the mythic-narrative spaces of the epic.

Matter

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

The real embodied beings whose actions the epic narrates.

Observer

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

The Dvaita-Vaiṣṇava reader as proper interpreter.

Energy

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

The cosmic-divine energies the epic enacts.

Information

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

The Mahābhārata's narrative-philosophical content as interpreted.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Mahābhārata-Tātparya-Nirṇaya

Madhva's Dvaita reading of the Mahābhārata has been variously assessed — accepted within the Madhva sampradāya, contested by Advaita and Viśiṣṭādvaita commentators with rival readings of the same epic.