[Advaita-l] Avidya is virodha or abhava-1 review and redo

[Bhaskar YR]

SSSS explains that later schools (like Vivaraṇa) take virōdha to imply mutual exclusion between two entities—i.e., that avidyā is a bhāva opposing another bhāva (vidyā).

praNAms Sri MCC prabhuji
Hare Krishna

To counter this objection, vyAkhyAna says we are saying avidyA is bhAva just to drive home the point that it is abhAva vilakshaNa and it is sAkshi vedya and it is neither bhAva nor abhAva it is bhAvAbhAva vilakshaNa!!  And again they will say avidyA is a solid thing (Dravya padArtha) in their books even 'darkness' (prakAsha abhAva) too a solid thing like chair table in a room 😊 After reading all these things I have a mischievous doubt (apart from how many KGs of darkness in a dark room 😊) if the avidyA is a solid existing thing like chair or table the prakAsha (jnAna / vidyA) can ONLY illumine that there is avidyA / chair / table existing in a room  and jnAna does not have any capacity whatsoever to remove / vanish any existing thing nor it has the ability to create anything new, even if they argue it has the capability to 'move' the avidyA (jnAna virOdhi avidyA) from the avidyAvanta's mind and supersede the vidyA in place of avidyA, that avidyA which is solid which was earlier existing as a solid thing should find some other place to reside, is it not??  Where it will go!!??  It will go to its source i.e. brahma, hence they say brahman is always the Ashraya for the avidyA 😊 

Jokes apart, I have one genuine doubt with regard to this, Sri SSS invariably equates avidyA with adhyAsa, is this adhyAsa is not bhAvarUpa or wrong notion in our intellect about the actually existing thing!!??   Does not thinking about the snake when he is actually seeing the rope, a bhAva rUpa!!??  Without misconceiving the rope as snake (jnAnAdhyAsa / sarpa bhAva) there cannot be fear of snake, shivering etc.  is it not??  What is the clarification Sri SSS provides to justify that even this avidyA as adhyAsa is NOT bhAva rUpa just only jnAnAbhAva of the rope??  You can just guide me to the relevant works of Sri SSS with regard to this.  

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar