Mayavada
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Mayavada (Sanskrit maya, illusion, and vada, doctrine) is a term used to refer to the Advaita philosophy of Adi Shankara. It is not used by the followers of the Advaita philosophy to refer to themselves. It is generally used as a derogatory term, by some Dvaita schools (most notably ISKCON). The use of this term attempts to over-simplify and over-emphasize Advaita's concept of Maya.
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, mentions in his Indian Philosophy vol.2 that Nyayakosa includes Samkhya and Advaita Vedanta under naistika, i.e. unortodox systems, or in other words that mayavadi is an atheist.[1]
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- ^ Klostermaier 2007, p. 561 He specifically quotes the sentence: mayavadivedanti api naistika eva parvasana sampadyate ("In the end also the Vedantin holding the opinion of illusionism, mayavada, turn out to be nastika, i.e., non-believer in the Veda") This sentence was not found in the fourth edition, revised by V.S. Abhyankar.
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- Klostermaier, Klaus K (2007), A Survey of Hinduism (3 rd ed.), State University of New York Press, ISBN 0791470814
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