The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1952 page)

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rangam temple and its presiding deity),
Vaiku
hagadyam
(on the nature of the liberated state), and
Nithyagranthah
(on worship).
R
m
nuja agreed with
a
kara
that
Brahman
is that which truly is, without distinction (
advaita
), but did not agree that there is nothing else that is real, and that all else is
m
y
(appearance), the projection of
avidy
(ignorance). He held that individual selves and the world of matter (described in terms derived from
S
khya
) are real, but that they are always dependent on Brahman for their existence and functions—hence his view is known as qualified non-duality, vi
i
t

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