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Atma-Vichara - Inquiry Into the Nature of the Self
Atma-vichara is the central inquiry of Vedanta — reasoning guided by scripture to reveal the Self as pure awareness, already free.


Rita - Cosmic Order in the Vedas
Rta is the Vedic concept of cosmic order, the principle that sustains nature and truth, later absorbed into dharma and Ishvara.


Sampradaya - The Living Teaching Tradition
Sampradaya is the living transmission of Vedānta, ensuring the scriptures are unfolded with clarity and consistency through teacher–student lineage.


Nirguna Brahman - Brahman Without Attributes — Pure Awareness
Nirguna Brahman is attributeless, infinite awareness — the absolute reality beyond qualities, identical with the Self.


Saguna Brahman - Brahman with Attributes
Saguna Brahman is Brahman with attributes, known as Ishvara — the personal God, worshipped in devotion and meditation, provisional but indispensable in spiritual practice.


Anirvachaniya - The Indescribable Status of the World
Anirvachaniya means indescribable — the world is neither ultimately real nor unreal, but provisionally real through the power of maya.
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