(14th c.) The
Sarvadar shanasangraha, a philosophical encyclopedia written in the late
fourteenth century, was written by Madhava.
Madhava compiles the viewpoints of all current philosophical
systems in this literature, organizing them in hierarchical order according to
his assessment of their worth.
The materialist school, according to the text, is the lowest
and least trustworthy, since its proponents entirely reject the value of any
religious life.
Madhava's Advaita Vedanta school is considered the greatest
and most complete manifestation of reality.
Although prejudiced, the Sarvadarshanasangraha is one of the
few remaining texts that examines all of the current schools' opinions.
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