Adevism, a term introduced by Friedrich Max Müller to imply the denial of gods (Sans. deva), on the analogy of Atheism, the denial of God. Friedrich Max Müller used it particularly in connection with the Vedanta philosophy for the correlative of ignorance or nescience (Gifford lectures, 1892, c. ix.). Max Müller Friedrich Max Müller (December 6, 1823 – October 28, 1900), more commonly known as Max Müller, was a German Orientalist, one of the founders of Indian studies, who virtually created the discipline of comparative religion. ... Vedanta (Vedānta, वेदान्त, pronounced as ) means the anta or culmination or essence of the Vedas. ...

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