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4 days ago · śūnya, in the context of buddha dharma, primarily means "empty", or "void," but also means "zero," and "nothing," [7] and derives from the root śvi, meaning "hollow". -tā is a suffix denoting a quality or state of being, equivalent to English "-ness".
2 days ago · While the Upanishads form the philosophical foundation of Advaita Vedanta, the earliest available texts solely dedicated to explicating its principles are attributed to Gaudapada, a philosopher who lived in the sixth or seventh century CE.
2 days ago · Gaudapada's Ajativada is an outcome of reasoning applied to an unchanging nondual reality according to which "there exists a Reality (sat) that is unborn (aja)" that has essential nature (svabhava), and this is the "eternal, fearless, undecaying Self (Atman) and Brahman".
5 days ago · Gaudapada was the first person to expound the basic principles of the Advaita philosophy in a commentary on the conflicting statements of the Upanishads. Gaudapada's Advaita ideas were further developed by Shankara (8th century CE).
6 days ago · Gaudapada states in his Mandukya Upanishad Karika: “That which is stated in the scriptures and is supported by reason – is true and nothing else”. However, I feel this ‘reason/logical discourse' argument made by Advaita is unsound.
5 days ago · Ajāti (ಅಜಾತಿ):—. 1) [noun] he who is not subject to the sufferings of being born (in the cycle of birth and death). 2) [noun] the Supreme being which is ever-existent. 3) [noun] a man who is not bound by the ritualistic customs of caste (social class in India). context information.
3 days ago · This is, of course, ideological propaganda. For those who value evidence, we know his contemporaries were Kumarila, Mandanamishra, Dharmakirti, Bhartrihari, Gaudapada, and Bhaskara, and so he most probably lived around 700 CE.
