[Advaita-l] mithyA and abhAva chatuShTaya

[H S Chandramouli]

There is no correspondence between mithya ( मिथ्या ) and abhava chatushtaya
( अभाव चतुष्टय ) . AtyantAbhAva ( अत्यन्ताभाव ) corresponds to asat (
असत् absolute
nonexistence ) of vedanta. Other three abhAvAs are not considered valid in
vedanta. Mithya ( मिथ्या ) is sat-asat vilakshana ( सदसद्विलक्षण different
from both sat and asat ) . It can be explained as experienced nonexistence
as opposed to asat (असत् ) ( atyantAbhAva अत्यन्ताभाव ) which can be
explained as nonexperienced nonexistence. The common illustration cited for
purposes of understanding is that of rope-serpent. However , according to
vedanta , entire Creation comes under the category of experienced
nonexistence ( jaganmithya ) .


Regards

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Durga Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> मिथ्या  and  अभाव चतुष्टय
>
> mithyA  is characterized by abhAva  chatuShTaya
>
> abhAva chatuShTaya are
>
> 1. prAgabhAva  प्रागभाव
>
> 2. pradhavMsAbhAva  प्रधव्ंसाभाव
>
> 3. anyonyAbhAva   अन्योन्याभाव
>
> 4. atyantAbhAva  अत्यन्ताभाव
>
>
> Please explain abhAva chatuShTaya and mithyA.   What is the exact sentence
> used to say that mithyA has abhAva chatuShTaya?
>
> thank you and regards
> -- durga prasad
>
>
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