Kashakritsna

Indian philosopher

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Kashakritsna was an early interpreter of the Vedanta school of Indian philosophy. He is known for his view that the finite individual soul (jiva) and the Absolute (brahman) are identical. This perspective anticipates the later philosophical stance of "unqualified monism". His ideas were part of the early system-building in Indian philosophy, which sought to understand the relationship between the individual and the divine.1

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Indian philosophy
Variations in views
Another interpreter, Kashakritsna, holds that the two are identical—a view that anticipates the later “unqualified monism” of Shankara. Badarayana’s own views on this issue are difficult to ascertain: the sutras are so concise that they are capable of various interpretations, though there are reasons to believe that…
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Another interpreter, Kashakritsna, holds that the two are identical—a view that anticipates the later “unqualified monism” of Shankara. Badarayana’s own views on this issue are difficult to ascertain: the sutras are so concise that they are capable of various interpretations, though there are reasons to believe that…
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