# विशिष्टाद्वैत (viśiṣṭādvaita)

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विशिष्टाद्वैत (viśiṣṭādvaita) is a Sanskrit word meaning qualified non-duality, the doctrine of the qualified identity of human spirits with the one Spirit.

- **SLP1:** `viSizwAdvEta`  **IAST:** viśiṣṭādvaita  **Devanagari:** विशिष्टाद्वैत
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishishtadvaita
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vishishtadvaita/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- See below  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 990,2] वि - शिष् (vi-śiṣ) ° टा (°ṭā) द्वैत (dvaita) a n. See below [ ID=200597 ]
- qualified non-duality, the doctrine of the qualified identity of human spirits with the one Spirit  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 990,2] विशिष्टा (viśiṣṭā) द्वैत (dvaita) b n. ‘qualified non-duality’, the doctrine that the spirits of men have a qualified identity with the one Spirit (see Rāmānuja), Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 119 &c. [ ID=200600 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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