…Badarayana was active around the 1st century BC, and he later came to be regarded as the founder of the Vedanta school. With the activities of many scholars over a period of about 700 years, the school's fundamental scripture, the Brahmasūtra, was probably compiled around 400-450, and it emerged as a clearly defined philosophical school in the intellectual world of the Gupta Dynasty, during the golden age of Indian classical culture. In opposition to the then-influential Samkhya school, which preached a dualism of pure spirit, Purusha, and fundamental matter, Prakriti, the Brahma Sutra developed a monism, stating that Brahman, the central theme of the Upanishads, is the one and only absolute and ultimate cause of the universe. … *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Brahmasūtra" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…前1世紀ころバーダラーヤナが活躍するが,彼は後にベーダーンタ学派の開祖と目されるにいたった。およそ700年にわたる多数の学者の活動を背景に,おそらく400~450年ころ,この派の根本聖典《ブラフマ・スートラBrahmasūtra》が編纂され,明確な形態を備えた哲学学派として,インド古典文化の黄金時代,グプタ朝の思想界に登場した。 《ブラフマ・スートラ》は,当時有力であった,純粋精神プルシャと根本物質プラクリティの二元論を説くサーンキヤ学派に対抗して,ウパニシャッドの中心論題であるブラフマンを宇宙の唯一絶対の究極原因であるとして,一元論を展開した。… ※「《Brahmasūtra》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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