Vedarthasamgraha (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Vedārtha-saṃgraha》(英語表記)Vedarthasamgraha
Vedarthasamgraha (English spelling)

…Born in Sriperumbudur, west of Madras, South India, she married at the age of 16, and later lived in Kanchipuram, where she studied under Yadava Prakash of the Shankara sect, but parted ways with him due to differences of opinion. Her first work is said to be the Vedartha-saṃgraha, which attempted to clarify the meaning of the Upanishads, and her major work was the Śrī-bhāṣya, the first sectarian commentary on the Brahma-sūtra. In the 10th century, a movement arose among scholars of the Śrīvaishnava sect, a branch of Hindu Vaishnavaism, known as alagyas, to provide a philosophical foundation for the popular Narayana worship, which emphasized devotion (bhakti), in South India, using Vedanta philosophy. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Vedārtha-saṃgraha" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…南インド,マドラス市の西,シュリーペルムブードゥールに生まれ,16歳で結婚,のちにカーンチープラムに住んで,シャンカラ派のヤーダバ・プラカーシャの教えを受けたが,意見の相違から師と訣別したという。処女作は,ウパニシャッドの趣旨を明らかにしようとした《ベーダールタ・サングラハVedārtha‐saṃgraha》であるといわれ,主著は《ブラフマ・スートラ》に対する最初の宗派的色彩をもった注釈《シュリー・バーシャŚrī‐bhāṣya》である。10世紀になると,南インドにおいてヒンドゥー教ビシュヌ派の一派シュリーバイシュナバ派のアラギヤと称する学者たちの間で,信愛(バクティ)を強調する大衆的なナーラーヤナ崇拝を,ベーダーンタ哲学によって哲学的に基礎づけようとする動きがおこった。…

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