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person10th-11th century CE

Yādavaprakāśa

Disciplines:
metaphysics
vedanta

Summary

Vedanta philosopher and early teacher of Ramanuja who held a bhedabheda view — Ramanuja later rejected his teacher's position in favor of Vishishtadvaita.

Core Contribution

Developed a version of bhedabheda Vedanta arguing that Brahman, souls, and matter are identical in essence but different in mode — a position that influenced Ramanuja even as he rejected it.

Notable Works & Achievements

Commentary on Brahma Sutras

Historical Influences

Bādarāyaṇa Bhāskara

Intellectual Lineage

Vedanta Bhedabheda Tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

Ramanuja

Minds Influenced

Ramanuja

Intellectual Posterity

Vishishtadvaita

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