[109] "Whose body nature is, and God the soul."—Pope.
[110] For further details respecting Rámánuja and his system, see Wilson's Works, vol. i. pp. 34-46; and Banerjea's Dialogues, ix. The Tattva-muktávalí was printed in the Pandit for September 1871; but the lines quoted in p. 73 are not found there.
CHAPTER V.
THE SYSTEM OF PURNA-PRAJNA.
Ánanda-tírtha (Púrṇa-prajña, or Madhva) rejected this same Rámánuja system, because, though like his own views, it teaches the atomic size of the soul, the servitude of the soul, the existence of the Veda without any personal author, the authenticity of the Veda, the self-evidence of the instruments of knowledge, the triad of evidences, dependency upon the Pañcha-rátra, the reality of plurality in the universe, and so forth,—yet, in accepting three hypotheses as to reciprocally contradictory divisions, &c., it coincides with the tenets of the Jainas. Showing that He is soul, That art thou, and a number of other texts of the Upanishads bear a different import under a different explanation, he set up a new system under the guise of a new explication of the Brahma-Mímáṇsá (or Vedánta).
For in his doctrine ultimate principles are dichotomised into independent and dependent; as it is stated in the Tattva-viveka:—
"Independent and dependent, two principles are received;
"The independent is Vishṇu the Lord, exempt from imperfections, and of inexhaustible excellences."