Brahma Sūtra 2.3.1

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वियदश्रुतेः

na viyadaśruteḥ

Sūtra translation

Ether ^ (does) not (originate), on account of the absence of scriptural statement.

In the Veddnta-texts we meet in different places with different statements concerning the origination of various things. Some of those passages declare that ether

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वियदश्रुतेः

na viyadaśruteḥ

Sūtra translation

Not Ether; on account of the absence of scriptural statement.

We have demonstrated that the Sânkhya-system and other systems standing outside the Veda are untenable since they rest on fallacious reasoning and are self-contradictory.

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वियदश्रुतेः

na viyadaśruteḥ

Sūtra translation

Ether is not (that which does not originate), on ac- count of the absence of scriptural statement.

Ether is not without origin; for there is no scriptural statement to the effect that it is not created.

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