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Vedanta

Vedanta comes from Sanskrit वेदान्त.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवेदान्तvedānta
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Vedanta

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवेदान्तvedānta
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2023Vedanta

Earliest quotation: 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife: “Well, Vedanta recognizes no sin, only error, and the…”

Today it means

name A Hindu system of philosophy concerned with the self-realisation by which one comes to understand the ultimate nature of reality, or Brahman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit वेदान्त / Vedanta