Consider the following statements with reference to the schools of Vedanta and mark the correct code : (1) Shankara accepted Nirguna brahman and rejected Saguna brahman (2) Shankara and Ramanuja accepted Saguna brahman (3) Shankara accepted both Saguna and Nirguna brahman (4) Shankara and Ramanuja both rejected Nirguna brahman Codes :
Only (2) and (3) are true
Statement (1) is false. Shankara does not simply reject Saguna Brahman; he accepts Saguna Brahman (Isvara) as real at the vyavaharika (empirical) level, while Nirguna Brahman is the reality at the paramarthika (absolute) level.
Statement (2) is true. Ramanuja's Visishtadvaita holds Brahman to be Saguna, endowed with infinite auspicious qualities and having souls and matter as its body; Shankara too accepts Saguna Brahman as the object of worship and the creator of the world at the empirical level.
Statement (3) is true. Shankara admits both: Saguna Brahman (Brahman as conditioned by maya, i.e. Isvara) from the empirical standpoint and Nirguna Brahman (attributeless, pure consciousness) from the transcendental standpoint.
Statement (4) is false. Ramanuja rejects a quality-less Brahman, but Shankara does not reject Nirguna Brahman — it is the very core of Advaita.
Thus only statements (2) and (3) hold.
Hence, the answer is Only (2) and (3) are true.
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