[dvidhā itaṃ dvītaṃ tasya bhāvaḥ svārthe a- ṇ] 1 Duality.

2 Dualism in phi- losophy, the assertion of two dis- tinct principles, such as the main- tenance of the doctrine that spirit and matter, Brahman and the uni- verse, or the Individual and the Supreme Soul, are different from each other; cf. advaita; kiṃ śāstraṃ śravaṇe- na yasya galati dvaitāṃdhakārotkaraḥ Bv. 1. 86.

3 N. of a forest. Comp. vanaṃ N. of...