advaya jnana tattva | अद्वय ज्ञान तत्त्व

advaya jnana tatva (Devanagari: अद्वय ज्ञान तत्त्व ISO15919: advaya jñāna tattva) is an epithet which is used ONLY for The Supreme Lord Shri Krishna.

advaya means no second.

The defining criteria for an entity to be accepted as advaya are

• if it is self-existent and does not depend on another,
• there is no entity identical to it,
• there is no entity different from it, and
• it operates with its own powers.

Therefore, advaya jnana tattva is one which is

• sajatiya bheda shunya - when the entity is non-different from objects of the same nature,
• vijatiya bheda shunya - when the entity is non-different from objects of a different nature, and
• svagata bheda shunya - when the entity is non-different within oneself.

LEARN MORE

• Uniqueness of Shri Krishna's Divine Form

REFERENCE

Bhakti Shatak - Hundred Gems of Devotion - an in-depth analysis