[Advaita-l] [advaitin] T&D – Avidyā

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Vikram ji.

It is fairly common for other sampradayas to invoke LEM while critiquing
> Advaita, but I find it surprising when Advaitins themselves treat it as a
> concern.
>

I am curious to know as to how they explain their own theory of MAyA (and
not avidyA) being anirvachanIya? Isn't LEM violated by them the way they
seek to explain.

SSSS ji brings in concepts of Dvaita VedAnta into his version of Advaita.
Concepts such as the following are from Dvaita:

1. ajnAna defined as jnAna-abhAva (rather than jnAna-abhAva being a product
of ajnAna).

2. MithyA and asat are identical. (This too is Dvaita which is negated by
Advaita).

In Advaita Siddhi, while giving Shruti pramANa for avidyA, Madhusudan
Saraswati says the following while discussing NAsadIya SUkta:

'नासदासीन्नोसदासी'दित्यनेन पारमार्थिकत्वतुच्छत्वयोर्निषेधेन
व्यावहारिकसत्त्वपरत्वात्

This is as clear as it can get.

But alas, in the zeal to concoct swa-kalpanA-prasUta-theories, one is ready
to give up even NAsadIya SUkta.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.