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Viśiṣṭādvaita

Qualified nondualism: Rāmānuja’s Vedānta, in which Brahman is one but qualified by real selves and matter.

Also: Vishishtadvaita, qualified nondualism

Vedānta and the Hindu traditions

Viśiṣṭādvaita, the nondualism of the qualified, was systematized by Rāmānuja in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Brahman is the Lord Nārāyaṇa, the one reality, and selves and matter are real modes of Brahman, related to it as a body to its soul. Liberation is attained by devotion and grace and consists in eternal communion with God.