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'''Ananyatā''' ([[Sanskrit]]:अनन्यता) means – 'having no equal', 'matchless', 'peerless', 'identity', 'sameness' <ref>{{cite book|title=The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary|author=V.S.Apte|publisher=Digital Dictionaries of South Asia|page=75|url= http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=apte&query=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE&matchtype=exact&display=utf8 }}</ref> It is a form of devotion in which the devotee is solely dependent on God. ''Ananyata'' is the doctrine that makes no distinction between God and the Atman.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Hindu World part 2|publisher=Concept Publishing|pages=434–435|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WjDcd0cTFxQC&pg=PA435&dq=ananyata&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ma-0VPrPOMyWuATny4DQDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ananyata&f=false }}</ref>

[[Narada Bhakti Sutra]]s No. IX and X read as follows :- <ref>{{cite book|title=The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion|author=Prem Prakash|publisher=Inner Traditions|pages=23–25|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LrlzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=ananyata&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fa60VK2BMImgugTe54HgBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ananyata&f=false }}</ref>

:तस्मिन्ननन्यता तद्विरोधिशूदासीनता च |

: " Inner stillness, furthermore, requires a single-hearted intention, and disinterest in what is antagonistic to spiritual devotion. "

:अन्याश्रयाणां त्यागोऽनन्यता |

: " When one is single-hearted, one relinquishes seeking security in anything other than God. "

With these words [[Narada|Nārada]] explains ''ananyatā'' as the state in which the mind of the devotee does not waver or goes astray, remains one-pointed ever steady in the contemplation of God to the exclusion of everything else, in that state everything is envisioned in God as His cosmic play.<ref>{{cite book|title=Secrets of Bhakti|author=Taoshobuddha|publisher=Brij Saksena|page=24|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eyvkAAAAMAAJ&q=ananyata+vedanta&dq=ananyata+vedanta&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NLC0VLTYDoyJuASlv4GABQ&redir_esc=y }}</ref>

For the [[Advaita Vedanta|Advaita Vedantists]], ''ananyatā'' means absolute oneness or non-otherness of the individual self (''[[Jiva]]'') and the Universal Self (''[[Brahman]]''), the absolute height of enlightenment, ''atmaikatya'' which is the absolute identity of the phenomenal selves with the Supreme Self.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Philosophy of Sankar’s Advaita Vedanta|author=Shyama Kumar Chattopadhyaya|publisher=Sarup & Sons|page=6|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IPasbJW-1PwC&pg=PA6&dq=ananyata&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fa60VK2BMImgugTe54HgBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=ananyata&f=false }}</ref>

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