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Work #470 · Mid

Śrī Bhāṣya

Rāmānuja
c. 1100 · Sanskrit
Vedānta commentary · Indian Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Rāmānuja's 12th-c. foundational Viśiṣṭādvaita commentary on the Brahma Sūtras

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Attribute Śrī Bhāṣya (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

Śrī Bhāṣya

The karmic-temporal flow of devotional surrender.

Space

Śrī Bhāṣya

The space of Brahman with cit-acit body.

Matter

Śrī Bhāṣya

The acit-material world as Brahman's body.

Observer

Śrī Bhāṣya

The cit-conscious devotional self.

Energy

Śrī Bhāṣya

Energies of devotional self-surrender (prapatti).

Information

Śrī Bhāṣya

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta systematic.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Śrī Bhāṣya

Rāmānuja's qualified non-dualism between Śaṅkara's absolute non-dualism and Madhva's dualism.