[Advaita-l] Some questions on 'khyAti vAda-s' - Theories of/on Error
Shyam
shyam_md at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 17 16:00:24 CDT 2010
Pranams.
For a perspective (based on Swami Dayananda-ji's exposition on the adhyasa bhashya) one may also read
http://www.adi-shankara.org/2008/04/brahma-sutra-shankara-bhashya-6.html
Hari OM
Shri Gurubhyoh namah
Shyam
--- On Sat, 4/17/10, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Some questions on 'khyAti vAda-s' - Theories of/on Error
> To: "advaita advaita" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 3:02 PM
>
> brief note. The question is: how does the utterly
> nonexistent (atyanta asat) appear
>
> or be cognized in a substratum? A brief answer is as
> follows. The sense organ, eye, that
>
> is in contact with the nacre (shukti), comprehends the
> silver (rajata), that is atyanta
>
> asat, due to defects (in the eye). In other words,
> the sense organ, due to defects,
>
> when in contact with purovR^itti (what is in front of us),
> generates the cognition of
>
> even a totally nonexistent thing. This is what Vedesha
> tIrtha's commentary on the
>
> relevant portion of Jayatirtha's pramANapaddhati has this
> to say:
>
> पुरोवृत्तिसन्निकृष्टमेवेन्द्रियं
> दोषलक्षणसहकारिमहिम्नाऽसद्रजतापरोक्षज्ञानमपि
>
>
> जनयतीत्यभ्युपगमात्
> ।विस्तरस्तु सुधायां
> द्रष्टव्य इति ।
>
> To know more details, we are asked to consult the magnum
> opus of JayatIrtha, the
>
> nyAyasudhA.
>
>
>
> Anand
>
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