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Detailed explanation-1: -Shankara teaches that Brahman is the source of the Vedas, and that reading of the Vedas is a means of right knowledge of Brahman. The absolute unity of Brahman transcends any concepts of duality or plurality. Brahman is a universal reality which is absolutely indivisible. Brahman is all-powerful and all-knowing.

Detailed explanation-2: -While Sankarā distinguished between Brahman and Ishvara, according to Rāmānuja, Brahman is the same as Ishvara (God). While, according to Sankarā, Brahman has no qualities, Rāmānuja attributes certain qualities to God. In Ramanuja’s account of God, we may notice three points of importance.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the philosophy of Advaita of Sankara, it is said that “Jiva Brahmaiva na parah’ i.e. the individual soul is Brahman and nothing else. As against the view of sankara, R"m"nuja says that the Jiva is an integral part of Brahman and is eternal, real and unique. The individual self is the embodied soul.

Detailed explanation-4: -For classical Advaita Vedānta, Brahman is the fundamental reality underlying all objects and experiences. Brahman is explained as pure existence, pure consciousness and pure bliss. All forms of existence presuppose a knowing self. Brahman or pure consciousness underlies the knowing self.