Gunapurna, Guṇapūrṇa, Guna-purna: 1 definition
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Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Advaita Vedanta)Guṇapūrṇa (गुणपूर्ण) refers to “one who is full of good qualities”, according to Mādhavavidyāraṇya’s Śaṅkaradigvijaya 5.97.—Accordingly, “I [Śaṅkara] desire to know the basis of Brahman from the great sage Gauḍapāda, [who was] the student of the son of Vyāsa [Śukācārya]. Because of my devotion to [this] one aim, I have found you [my guru, Govinda,] who is full of all good qualities (akhila-guṇapūrṇa), who has obtained the supreme truth and whose greatness extends [throughout the land]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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