[Advaita-l] BhAvarUpatA of avidyA

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

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.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Archives: https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>>>>
>>>> To unsubscribe or change your options:
>>>> https://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>>>>
>>>> For assistance, contact:
>>>> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>>>>
>>>