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UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
Passage
Ramanuja's God was a personal being, who was full of love for his creation. He could even override the power of Karma to draw repentant sinners to him. Unlike the impersonal world soul of Sankara, which made the illusory universe in a sort of sport, Ramanuja's God needed man as man needed God. By forcing the sense, Ramanuja interpreted the words of Krishna to imply that just as man could not live without God, so God could not live without man.
Who among the following was the God Ramanuja spoke about?
AVisnu ✓ Correct
BSiva
CKrisna
DBrahma
Correct answer: (A) Visnu — The answer is Vishnu.
Explanation
★The answer is Vishnu.
★Ramanuja believed in a personal, Saguna God who was Vishnu.
★While residing at the monastery of Srirangam he worked to spread Vaishnavism.
★Through his efforts the worship of Vishnu became widely prevalent.
★He wrote the Sri Bhashya, a commentary on the Brahma Sutras.
★His doctrine of Vishishtadvaita is central to the Acharya tradition.
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