Ramanuja

Founder of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta; wrote a Gita commentary two centuries after Shankara.

Overview

Ramanuja Acharya wrote his Gita commentary in the framework of vishishtadvaita — qualified monism — roughly two centuries after Shankara. One of the three major commentators of the classical era whose readings of the Gita still shape the tradition.

Related concepts and entities

• Founder of vishishtadvaita
• Alongside shankaracharya and madhvacharya in the trio of major commentators

Lecture evidence

• Ep. 1 [28:12]: Ramanuja reads the Gita in the framework of Vishishtadvaita.