This web page is intended to through some light on Srivaishnavism as propounded by SriRamanuja a 11th century saint from Tamilnadu. The essence of visishtawdhvaitha is explained thus: vasthuthasthu vaedhawnthawnawm chidh-achidh-visishtawdhvaitham ekamaeva brahmam ithi thawthparyam.athayaeva chidh-achidh-visishtam brahma ekamaevaethi mathvaw bhagavawn bhadarawyana: athawthow brahma jignyawsaw ithi upakramya thadhaeva saprakawram niroopithavawn.atha:chidhachidh visishta:brahmashabhdha vawchya vishnavawkya:para vawsudaevo nawrawyana aevaikam ithi visishtawdhvaitha vawdhinawm dharshanam ithi sidhdham The essence of vedanta has in its purport the unity of brahman qualified by that which can be perceived & that which cannot.Badarayana with the aim of establishing brahman as supreme began his inquiry & explained that brahman as having modes,Thus narayana with the supreme form as vasudeva known by the name vishnu indicated by the term brahman & qualified by chit & achit is the only reality.& This is the philosophy of visishtawdhvaitha. This is a philosophy of self characterised by oneness & by attributes of perception(visishta).The three entities which he visualises are chit (individual soul)achit(nature)& ishvara(The self).He calls this as tatva thraya.Their distinctness & correlation form the philosophy of visishtawdhvaitha.