[Advaita-l] unmanifested

Sylvain elisabeth-sylvain at sympatico.ca
Thu Jun 1 11:02:57 CDT 2006


Dear ShrI Sastri

Thank you for this message.

In the Capeller's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, a search for the word 
unmanifested result with - avyakta -.

In the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, the same search result with 
aprakaTa -.

Are « thoughts » considered as avyakta or aprakaTa ?

Sylvain









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S.N. Sastri" <sn.sastri at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:00 AM
Subject: [Advaita-l] avyAkRita


> Sylvain wrote on 31 May 2006
> � avyAkRita � : Can we say thinking is avyAkRita (non-manifested) ? Some
> says all thoughts have tiny electric neuronal impulses in the brain.
>
> If we cannot say that, what is the avyAkRita ?
>
> Also, is � asambhUti � a synonym of � avyAkRita � ?
> ------
> avyAkRita is a term used in Vedanta for referring to the unmanifested
> state
> of the universe. It appears in bRihadAraNyaka upanishad, 1.4.7 where
> Sankara
> has explains it as 'the causal state of this manifested universe'. The
> term
> asambhUti appears in ISAvAsyopanishad, mantra 12 The meaning given there
> by
> Sankara is 'the primal cause, prakRiti'. So both these refer to prakRiti.
>
> S.N.Sastri
>


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