The prameya śloka is a

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, a leading philosopher in the

Dvaita Dvaita Vedanta (); (originally known as Tattvavada; IAST:Tattvavāda), is a sub-school in the Vedanta tradition of Hindu philosophy. The term Tattvavada literally means "arguments from a realist viewpoint". The Tattvavada (Dvaita) Vedanta su ...

school of

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. The shloka summarises the nine basic tenets of Dvaita or Tattvavada, which is a school of philosophy founded by Sri

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. A correct understanding of this shloka is equivalent to obtaining a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of Tattvavada.Prameya Shloka
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The Prameya Śloka

The ''śloka'' in the Kannada script is: ಶ್ರೀಮನ್ಮಧ್ವಮತೇ ಹರಿಃ ಪರತರಃ ಸತ್ಯಂ ಜಗತ್ತತ್ವತೋ ಭೇದೋ ಜೀವಗಣಾ ಹರೇರನುಚರಾ ನೀಚೋಚ್ಚಭಾವಂ ಗತಾಃ , ಮುಕ್ತಿರ್ನೈಜ ಸುಖಾನುಭೂತಿರಮಲ ಭಕ್ತಿಶ್ಚ ತತ್ಸಾಧನಂ ಹ್ಯಕ್ಷಾದಿತ್ರಿತಯಂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಮಖಿಲಾಮ್ನಾಯೈಕವೇದ್ಯೋ ಹರಿಃ , , In Devanagari: श्रीमन्मध्वमते हरिः परतरः सत्यं जगत्तत्त्वतो भेदो जीवगणा हरेरनुचराः नीचोच्चभावं गताः। मुक्तिर्नैजसुखानुभूतिरमला भक्तिश्च तत्साधनम् ह्यक्षादित्रितयं प्रमाणमखिलाम्नायैकवेद्यो हरिः ॥ In English: # ''hariḥ parataraḥ'' (''Hari'' 'Viṣṇu''is supreme) # ''satyaṃ jagat'' (the world is true) # ''tattvato bhedaḥ'' (the difference is real) # ''jīvagaṇāḥ hareranucarāḥ'' (the soul-classes are servants of Hari) # ''nīcocca bhāvaṃgatāḥ'' (…and will achieve lower or higher states) # ''muktirnaijasukhānubhūtiḥ'' (liberation is one’s own experience of joy) # ''amalā bhaktiśca tatsādhanam'' (…and pure devotion is its means of accomplishment) # ''hyakṣāditrityaṃ pramāṇam'' (the triad beginning with perception is the authority) # ''akhilāmnāyaikavedyo hariḥ'' (the one object of knowledge of the entire scriptural canon is ''Hari'')

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Dvaita Vedanta Hindu texts