[Advaita-l] BhAvarUpatA of avidyA

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 06:23:46 EST 2024


Namaste.

I am not able to locate it in advaita sharada site !! that is surprising. I
tried with all the words. Can you please give specific reference to page
no. etc?

Regards

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Advaita Siddhi avidyA lakshaNa vichArah
>
> On Wed, 31 Jan, 2024, 6:39 pm H S Chandramouli, <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Please give the reference to the cited quote.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:27 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <
>> sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. But kindly have a look and also share your general understanding as
>>> to what do you understand by bhAvarUpa usage which is ubiquitous in Advaita.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> On Wed, 31 Jan, 2024, 6:21 pm H S Chandramouli, <
>>> hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,
>>>>
>>>> I presume the text itself would have mentioned the context in which the
>>>> declaration is made.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 10:37 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
>>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hari Om,
>>>>>
>>>>> In the lakshaNa of avidyA,  अनादिभावरूपं यद्विज्ञानेन विलीयते ।
>>>>> तदज्ञानमिति
>>>>> प्राज्ञा लक्षणं संप्रचक्षते ॥, the word bhAvarUpa is explained to mean
>>>>> abhAva-vilakshaNa. Here, what exactly does the abhAva in
>>>>> "abhAva-vilakshaNa" refer to?
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Does it refer to nirvishesha-abhAva like horns of hare or does it
>>>>> refer
>>>>> to vishesha-abhAva such as pot-abhAva, cloth-abhAva?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Is abhAva-vilakshaNa intended to distinguish avidyA from asat OR is
>>>>> it
>>>>> to distinguish avidyA from prAgabhAva, pradhvansAbhAva, anyonyAbhAva,
>>>>> atyantAbhAva etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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