[Advaita-l] Whether darkness is bhava - Vivarana Prameya Samgraha of Shri Vidyaranya

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

But here tamas refers to Mrityu devata just as prithivi does not refer to
astronomical body prithivi but to prithivi devata. Moreover, this is
adhidaivata-prakarana, then how can by the word tamas is taken the
darkness? If you take here literal meaning then you will have to take even
direction as some bhava padarth like chair and table because even that is
enlisted. By the word dik, Ashvini Kumaras are meant and so on.

Regards,
Sudhanshu.

On Tue 7 May, 2019, 21:06 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 9:03 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> In the above, especially the 'outside' tamas, we have the shruti pramana
>> for 'tamas' being a bhaava padaartha like sun, moon, etc.
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>> Hari Om V Subrahmanian ji,
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>> Which one exactly is Shruti Pramana for 'tamas' being a bhava padarth like
>> sun, moon?
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> This passage of the Upanishad:
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> …यस्तमसि तिष्ठंस्तमसोऽन्तरो यं तमो न वेद यस्य तमः शरीरं यस्तमोऽन्तरो
> > यमयत्येष त आत्मान्तर्याम्यमृतः ॥ १३ ॥ ………
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> This passage occurs amidst so many other cosmic entities in that
> braahmaNam.
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> regards
> subbu
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>
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>> Regards,
>> Sudhanshu.
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