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WorksheetsViśiṣṭadvaita Vedānta
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Vedānta philosophy is a system of enquiry into the nature of reality
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false
Vedānta philosophy starts from the premise that the scriptures are self-justifying
true
false
What's the sanskrit term for 'source of knowledge'?
pramāṇa
pūrvapakṣa
prasthānatrayī
prāṇa prāṇa
In Vedānta philosophy the most authoritative means of knowledge is ...
pratyakṣa (perception)
anumāṇa (inference)
śabda (testimony/scriptures)
In Vedānta philosophy the most authoritative scriptures are the ...
Vedas
Purānas
Itihāsas
What's the sanskrit term for 'three sources of knowledge'?
pramāṇa
pūrvapakṣa
prasthānatrayī
prāṇa prāṇa
Upaniṣads, Brahmā Sūtras and the Bhagavad Gītā together are called ...
pramāṇa
pūrvapakṣa
prasthānatrayī
prāṇa prāṇa
The Brahmā Sūtras are a collection of ...
short aphorisms
long discourses
historical accounts
A conclusive doctrine based on rules of logic and a hierarchy of pramāṇas is called ...
siddhānta
śabda
saviśeṣa
saguṇa
śarīra
The Upaniṣads present a conclusive theory of the relationship between Brahman, Ātma and Prakṛti
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false
The Upaniṣads are metaphysical discussions which use analogy and metaphor to convey ideas which are open to multiple interpretations
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false
Rāmānuja felt compelled to develop his own siddhānta, as Śaṅkara’s Advaita Vedānta ...
undermines the doctrine of salvation by Grace
ultimately sees God as impersonal and formless
denies the reality of the Ātma and views the Ātma as equivalent with God in all respects
rejects the path of jñana
Viśiṣṭādvaita means ...
non-duality of the qualified whole
non-duality
duality
duality of the qualified whole
Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta maintains that the jīvas and Prakṛti are ...
real
ultimately illusory
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta, Brahman's Svarupa consists of ...
Jñana (knowledge or conciousness)
Ānanda (absolute bliss)
Satya (non-conditioned existence)
Anantatā (infinity)
Amalatva (incorruptible purity)
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta, the jīva's svarūpa is the same as God's
true
false
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta the relationship between jīva and God is ...
inseparable
temporary
The sanskrit term for 'body-soul relationship' is ...
śarīra-śarīrī
śakīra-śaqiri
śavana-śavana
What's the sanskrit term for 'with form'?
nirguṇa
saviśeṣa
nirviśeṣa
saguṇa
The relationship between God and jīva in Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta is one of ...
śeṣa (principle) and śeṣin (subordinate)
ādhāra (sustainer) and ādheya (sustained)
niyantraṇa (controller) and niyamya (controlled)
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta the jīva is God's servant ...
only if one mentally aware of this relationship
per constitution
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta the relationship between jīva and God is like the body-soul relationship
true
false
According to Viśiṣtadvaita Vedānta both the jīvas and Prakṛti are anādi (without beginning)
true
false
During pralaya (dissolution of the universe) the jīvas and Prakṛti are ...
latent in God, while retaining the potentiality to manifest
projected out of God Himself in a process of emanation from subtle to gross, unified to differentiated
During sṛṣṭi (manifestation of the universe) the jīvas and Prakṛti are ...
latent in God, while retaining the potentiality to manifest
projected out of God Himself in a process of emanation from subtle to gross, unified to differentiated
