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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the Vedanta.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Vedas.

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Examples

  • By way of an introduction, I asked the Maharshi whether he upheld the vedantic views on creation that were promulgated by Adi-Sankaracharya.

    Ramana Maharshi on Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • I hold the vedantic scholarship of Aurobindo and others with the utmost respect and revere their scholarship with the highest regard.

    Etymology of Indian word-roots Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Success in vedantic meditation requires the help of a highly evolved teacher who will guide you away from the tendency to intellectual pride or a feeling of dryness and sterility if the practice is carried out incorrectly.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • Neti-neti, meaning “not this, not this,” is the method of vedantic analysis by negation.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • In the practice of vedantic meditation one does not only sit for meditation at a specific time, but applies the meditative process throughout the day.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • Needless to say the techniques of vedantic meditation are highly advanced and require a thorough preparation of the mind, made pure, selfless, and focused through the practice of selfless service, asanas and pranayama, and the devotional method of meditation.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • Removal of this identification with the form is the very core of vedantic meditation regardless of the method used.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • There are various vedantic meditation methods for realizing our true identity.

    The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003

  • Christian, he never quotes as scriptural authority the more recent writings of their faith — the Tantras and Puranas, which are the storehouse of legend and myth, of myriad rites and customs and are the refuge and joy of the orthodox and conservative pandits; — he discards these and falls back upon the most ancient writings, which are the exponents of nature worship and of vedantic philosophy.

    India's Problem, Krishna or Christ 1881

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