id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6575 Dvaita Vedanta - Wikipedia .html text/html 3066 687 71 Dvaita Vedanta (/ˈdvaɪtə vɪˈdɑːntə/; Sanskrit: द्वैत वेदान्त) is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. Alternatively known as Bhedavāda, Tattvavāda, Bimbapratibimbavāda, Pūrnabrahmavāda and Svatantra-Advitiya-Brahmavāda, the Dvaita Vedanta sub-school was founded by the 13th-century scholar Madhvacharya.[1] The Dvaita Vedanta school believes that God (Vishnu, supreme soul) and the individual souls (jīvātman) exist as independent realities, and these are distinct, being said that Vishnu (Narayana) is independent, and souls are dependent on him. The first and the only independent reality (svatantra-tattva), states the Dvaita school, is that of Vishnu as Brahman.[9] Vishnu is the supreme Self, in a manner similar to the monotheistic God in other major religions.[10] He is believed to be almighty, eternal,[11] always existing, everlasting, all-knowing, and compassionate.[12] The second reality is that of dependent (asvatantra-tattva) but equally real universe that exists with its own separate essence. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6575.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6575.txt