Nirguna

(“without qualities”) Epithet of the
divine reality in its ultimate aspect.
According to many Hindu traditions,
God is ultimately without qualities or
attributes, transcending all particularity
and superior to any qualified form. This
conception is first phrased in the
Upanishads, the speculative religious
texts that are the most recent part of the
Vedas, and in the philosophical traditions based on the Upanishads such as
Advaita Vedanta. This belief is opposed
by certain Hindu theistic traditions,
such as the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious
community, in which a particular
deity—in this case, Krishna—is conceived as the Ultimate Reality.