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'''Vedanta''' ([[IAST]], ''{{IAST|Vedānta}}'', Sanskrit: वेदांत) or '''Uttara Mīmāṃsā''' is one of the six orthodox schools of [[Hindu philosophy]].  Primarily the word [[Vedanta]] stood for [[Upanishads]]; afterwords, its denotation widened to include all thoughts developed out of the [[Upanishads]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN PHILOSOPHY|last=Satischandra Chatterjee|first=Dhirendramohan Dutta|publisher=RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT. LIMITED|year=2007|isbn=978-81-291-1195-1|location=|pages=317|via=}}</ref>. Vedanta, its denotation as understood and accepted by its major schools, refers to various philosophical traditions based on [[Prasthanatrayi|the three basic texts of Hindu philosophy]], namely the [[Principal Upanishads]], the [[Brahma Sutras]] and the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''.{{sfn|Raju|1992|p=176-177}}<ref>NV Isaeva (1992), Shankara and Indian Philosophy, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-1281-7, page 35 with footnote 30</ref><ref>Jeaneane D Fowler (2012), The Bhagavad Gita, Sussex University Press, ISBN 978-1845193461, pages xxiii-xxiv</ref>

'''Vedanta''' ([[IAST]], ''{{IAST|Vedānta}}'', Sanskrit: वेदांत) or '''Uttara Mīmāṃsā''' is one of the six orthodox schools of [[Hindu philosophy]].  Primarily the word [[Vedanta]] stood for [[Upanishads]]; afterwords, its denotation widened to include all thoughts developed out of the [[Upanishads]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN PHILOSOPHY|last=Satischandra Chatterjee|first=Dhirendramohan Dutta|publisher=RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT. LIMITED|year=2007|isbn=978-81-291-1195-1|location=|pages=317|via=}}</ref>. Vedanta, its denotation as understood and accepted by its major schools, refers to various philosophical traditions based on [[Prasthanatrayi|the three basic texts of Hindu philosophy]], namely the [[Principal Upanishads]], the [[Brahma Sutras]] and the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''.{{sfn|Raju|1992|p=176-177}}<ref>NV Isaeva (1992), Shankara and Indian Philosophy, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-1281-7, page 35 with footnote 30</ref><ref>Jeaneane D Fowler (2012), The Bhagavad Gita, Sussex University Press, ISBN 978-1845193461, pages xxiii-xxiv</ref>

Vedanta adopted ideas from other schools of Hinduism such as [[Yoga (philosophy)|Yoga]] and [[Nyaya]],<ref>Knut Jacobsen (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 20-21</ref><ref>Francis X Clooney (2000), Ultimate Realities: A Volume in the Comparative Religious Ideas Project, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791447758, pages 96-107</ref> and, over time, became the most prominent of the orthodox schools of Hinduism, influencing the diverse traditions within it.<ref name=hajimenakamura3/><ref name=gavinfloodaith238/> There are at least ten schools of Vedanta,{{sfn|Raju|1992|p=177}} of which [[Advaita Vedanta]], [[Vishishtadvaita]], [[Dvaita]] and [[Bhedabheda]] are the best known.{{sfn|Sivananda|1993|p=217}}{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

Vedanta adopted ideas from other schools of Hinduism such as [[Yoga (philosophy)|Yoga]] and [[Nyaya]],<ref>Knut Jacobsen (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120832329, pages 20-21</ref><ref>Francis X Clooney (2000), Ultimate Realities: A Volume in the Comparative Religious Ideas Project, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791447758, pages 96-107</ref> and, over time, became the most prominent of the orthodox schools of Hinduism, influencing the diverse traditions within it.<ref name=hajimenakamura3/><ref name=gavinfloodaith238/> There are at least ten schools of Vedanta,{{sfn|Raju|1992|p=177}} of which [[Advaita Vedanta]], [[Vishishtadvaita]], [[Dvaita]] and [[Bhedabheda]] are the best known.{{sfn|Sivananda|1993|p=217}}

 

==Etymology and Nomenclature==

==Etymology and Nomenclature==

[[Vedanta]] literally means the ''end of the [[Vedas]]''<ref name=":0" />''.'' All the diverse schools of Vedanta claim to propound the [[Upanishads|Upanishadic]] teaching<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Essentials of Indian Philosophy|last=Hiriyanna|first=M.|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|year=2008|isbn=978-81-208-1330-4|location=Delhi|pages=19|via=}}</ref>. The [[Upanishads]] may be regarded as the end of Vedas in different senses:

[[Vedanta]] literally means the ''end of the [[Vedas]]''<ref name=":0" />''.'' All the diverse schools of Vedanta claim to propound the [[Upanishads|Upanishadic]] teaching<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Essentials of Indian Philosophy|last=Hiriyanna|first=M.|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.|year=2008|isbn=978-81-208-1330-4|location=Delhi|pages=19|via=}}</ref>. The [[Upanishads]] may be regarded as the end of Vedas in different senses:

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