Samastavasana, ٲ, Samasta-vasana: 1 definition
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Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gitaٲ (समस्तवासना) refers to “all desires�, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] The liberated man is resplendent everywhere, free from all desires (ٲ). [ٲmukto mukta� sarvatra rājate] Everywhere he appears self-possessed and pure of heart. [sarvatra dṛśyate svastha� sarvatra vimalāśaya�] Seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting, speaking and walking about, the great souled man who is freed from trying to achieve or avoid anything is free indeed. [...]�.

Vedanta (वेदान्�, 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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