[Advaita-l] The collapse of duality in the geeta

[Venkata sriram P]

Dear Jaladharji,
 
Thanks for clarification.  
 
Interestingly, Amarakosa defines the term "nirvANa" as:
 
1) ashtau mokshasya
 
 muktiHkaivalyanirvANa shrEyOniH shrEyasAmritaM mOkShOpavargaH
 
viz., mukti, kaivalya, nirvana, shreyas, nishreyas, amrita, moksha & apavarga
 
So, nirvANa is defined as mokSha here.
 
2) munirvahnyAdau prayujyamAnasya shabdavisheShasyaikyaM 
 
    ie., nirvANa is related to muni & agni (nirvANau munivahnyAdau) 
 
    So, the jivanmukta sthiti is also termed here as nirvANa
 
3) nirvAtastu gatE vishvE 
 
    ie., nirvAta - which implies that in which / whom the air is completely blown out
 
    So, nirvANa & nirvAta are synonyms
 
regs,
sriram