VEDANTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vedanta mean? 

• VEDANTA (noun)
  The noun VEDANTA has 1 sense:

1. (from the Sanskrit for 'end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas

  Familiarity information: VEDANTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VEDANTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(from the Sanskrit for 'end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Vedanta" is a kind of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Domain category:

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)