dvEtaM [ dviDA itaM dvItaM tasya BAvaH svArTe aR ] 1 Duality. 2 Dualism in philosophy, the assertion of two distinct principles, such as the maintenance of the doctrine that spirit and matter, Brahman and the universe, or the Individual and the Supreme Soul, are different from each other; cf. advEta; kiM SAstraM SravaRena yasya galati dvEtAMDakArotkaraH Bv. 1. 86. 3 N. of a forest. Comp. — vanaM N. of a forest; Ki. 1. 1. — vAdaH the doctrine of dualism; see above. — vAdin m. a philosopher who maintains the dvaita doctrine.