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Work #1143 · Mature

Tattvodyota

Madhvācārya
13th century · Sanskrit
Polemical-philosophical treatise · Hindu Vedanta / Dvaita / Madhva sampradāya

Madhva's 13th-c. polemical work — sustained refutation of Advaita non-dualism

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Attribute Tattvodyota (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 Reason
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

Tattvodyota

The 13th-c. Madhva moment of Vedāntic-polemical engagement.

Space

Tattvodyota

The intra-Vedāntic debate-space of medieval South India.

Matter

Tattvodyota

The real-pluralist material world the polemic defends.

Observer

Tattvodyota

The Dvaita-Vedāntin philosopher as proper polemical subject.

Energy

Tattvodyota

The intellectual-religious energies of intra-traditional debate.

Information

Tattvodyota

The polemical-philosophical content of the treatise.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Tattvodyota

The Dvaita-vs-Advaita controversy has continued for eight centuries; Advaita remains the larger tradition, but Dvaita has retained vigorous philosophical-systematic engagement.