Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Mahabharata (attributed)
What is here is found elsewhere; what is not here is nowhere — the encyclopedic epic of dharma
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Mahabharata (attributed) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Cyclical |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Non-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Space · Curvature | Undefined |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Matter · Conservation | Non-conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Total |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| Energy · Conservation | Variable |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Emergent |
| 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
Mahabharata (attributed)
Cyclical: yugas repeat; the epic occurs at the Dvapara-Kali Yuga transition. Within each cycle, morally significant.
Space
Mahabharata (attributed)
Emergent from Brahman: earthly, celestial, and underworld realms; Krishna's cosmic form contains all spaces.
Matter
Mahabharata (attributed)
Emergent and non-conserved at the cosmic level; within a cycle, war destroys armies and kingdoms.
Observer
Mahabharata (attributed)
Multiple levels: human characters, divine observers (Krishna), and Vyasa within his own narrative.
Energy
Mahabharata (attributed)
Divine energy (shakti, tejas) pervades: celestial weapons, Krishna's cosmic form.
Information
Mahabharata (attributed)
The epic is a supreme act of information conservation: "what is not here is nowhere."
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Dharma as absolute vs. dharma as contextual — righteous action in one framework is transgression in another. The Gita's detachment teaching on a battlefield of maximal violence.