Brahma Sūtra 1.3.3

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नानुमानमतच्छब्दात्

nānumānamatacchabdāt

Sūtra translation

Not (i.e. the abode of heaven, earth, &c. cannot be) that which is inferred, (i.e. the pradhâna), on account of the terms not denoting it.

While there has been shown a special reason in favour of Brahman (being the abode), there is no such special reason in favour of

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नानुमानमतच्छब्दात्

nānumānamatacchabdāt

Sūtra translation

Not (i.e., the abode of heaven, etc., cannot be) that which is inferred (i.e., the Pradhana or Rudra) on account of the absence of terms denoting it.

Here, in the present text, Rudra is . not spoken of as the Creator on the .authority of the Agnma which depends for its

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In Rāmānuja’s text the words of this sūtra fall within the sūtra numbered 1.3.3 there. Shown at Sūtra 1.3.4 →