[Advaita-l] What is the definition of jIvA as per panchadashI?

[Venkatraghavan S]

In 4.11 of the Panchadashi, there is this definition of Jiva:

चैतन्यं यद्  अधिष्ठानम् लिङ्ग देहश्च यः पुनः।
चिच्छाया लिङ्ग देहस्थ तत्संघो जीव उच्यते॥

The consciousness which is the substratum on which the subtle body is
superimposed, together with the subtle body, and the reflection of the
consciousness in the subtle body, is called the Jiva.

Regards
Venkatraghavan
The Panchadashi has these definitions:

मायाधीन: चिदाभास: श्रुतौ मायी महेश्वर: ।

अन्तर्यामी च सर्वज्नो जगद्योनि: स एव हि ॥ (vi.157)

( The jiva is ‘subject to MaayA’ and Ishwara is the Lord of MAyA.  Ishwara
is the Indweller, Omniscient and the Origin of the Universe.)


In 8.27 Vidyaranya says:

buddhyavacchinna-kūṭstha who is capable of transmigrating ... Here we
get a definition of jiva.

[Immutable Consciousness that is limited by the intellect is jīva]

Maybe there are some more in the Panchadashi.


regards

vs



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