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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VEDANTA

Ve *dan "ta, n. Etym: [Skr. V.]

 

Defn: A system of philosophy among the Hindoos, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the "Anta, " or end or substance. Balfour (Cyc. of India. )

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Vedanta

Ve dan ta |vāˈdäntə, və -vəˈdɑntə | noun a Hindu philosophy based on the doctrine of the Upanishads, esp. in its monistic form. DERIVATIVES Ve dan tic |-tik |adjective, Ve dan tist |-tist |noun ORIGIN from Sanskrit vedānta, from veda (see Veda ) + anta end.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Vedanta

Vedanta |vɪˈdɑːntə, -ˈda-, vɛ -| noun [ mass noun ] a Hindu philosophy based on the doctrine of the Upanishads, especially in its monistic form. DERIVATIVES Vedantic adjective, Vedantist noun ORIGIN from Sanskrit vedānta, from veda (see Veda ) + anta end .

 

Duden Dictionary

Vedanta

Ve dan ta , We dan ta Substantiv, maskulin , der Wedanta |Ved a nta Wed a nta |der Vedanta; Genitiv: des Vedanta der Wedanta; Genitiv: des Wedanta auf den vedischen Upanischaden beruhende philosophische Schule in Indien, die einen mehr oder minder strengen Monismus lehrt