Bhedābheda
A grouping recorded within Vedānta (Uttara Mīmāṃsā). The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Bhedābheda is recorded within Vedānta (Uttara Mīmāṃsā). The sources read do not establish whether it is extant. Also written Bhedabheda, difference and non-difference.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. IEP's Hindu Philosophy survey lists Bhedābheda as a pre-Śaṅkara Vedāntic position held by multiple commentators; no single founder or founding date is given. Britannica maintains a section on 'Concepts of bhedabheda' within its Indian philosophy article.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Bhedābheda.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-bhedabheda.
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.