Vedanta
in India, a system of religion and philosophy professedly founded on the Vedas. It is divided into the Pûrva mimânsa and the Uttara mimânsa, or the former and the latter mimân- VEDDER sas, which constitutes two of the leading darsanas or schools of philosophy. As the first of these is chiefly practical, the Vedanta philosophy is mainly derived from the second. It was founded by Vyasa, and was modified by Sankara, its commentator. The former identified the world with God, and contended earnestly for the reality of the external universe which he held to have been created by God; the later Vedantists maintained that the universe is but an illusion projected by God, and is itself God. The present Vedanta system is Pantheistic.
It has many adherents among the more educated Hindus.
American an VEDDER, ELIHU, painter; born in New York City, Feb. 26, 1836. He studied at Paris and in Italy, where he ultimately made his residence.
His subjects are mostly ideal-"The mostly ideal "The Lair of the Sea -serpents," "Fisherman and Djin," "Death of Abel," "Greek Actor's Daughter," "Cumean Sibyl," "Nausicaa and her Companions." He also illustrated Edward Fitz-Gerald's "Omar Khayyám" (Boston, 1884). Author of "Digressions of V.," etc.