Bhamati school

The Bhamati school is a sub-tradition within the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, a prominent school of Indian philosophy. Advaita Vedanta, historically rooted in the Upanishads and systematized by thinkers like Gaudapada and Shankara, posits that reality is non-dual. This means that ultimate reality, Brahman, is one and without attributes, and the perceived world of multiplicity is an illusion (maya) stemming from ignorance (avidya).123

The Bhamati school, named after the commentary by Vachaspati Mishra, is one of the two main interpretive traditions of Shankara's philosophy. It differs from the other major tradition, the Vivarana school, primarily in its explanation of the locus and object of ignorance, and its understanding of the finite individual. The Bhamati school views the individual self as a limitation of Brahman, akin to space within a room being a limitation of larger space.2