[Advaita-l] Theory of Language: Mimamsa, Advaita and Vyakarana 3 of 3

[Venkatraghavan S]

Thank you very much sir for the perfect response to my query.

Regards
Venkatraghavan
On 15 Dec 2015 06:00, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Sri Siva SenAni,
>> Namaste.
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>> Thank you very much for the sterling work in sharing research with us. You
>> had translated from Dravyasamuddesa as follows:
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>> "न तदस्ति न तन्नास्ति न तदेकं न तत्पृथक्।
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>> न संसृष्टं विभक्तं वा विकृतं न च नान्यथा ॥१२॥
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>> It (Brahman)neither exists, nor does it not exist; It is neither One, nor
>> is it different;It is neither co-mingled, nor in a separated state;
>> neither
>> is it modified, nor is it other than modified."
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>> The description of Brahman as neither existing nor non existing, (सदसद्
>> विलक्शणम्?) appears to use terminology employed to describe avidyA/mAyA.
>> In
>> what sense is this meant?
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> One can read the BG 13.12 bhāṣya:
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> ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।
> अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥ १२ ॥
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> ननु सर्वाः बुद्धयः अस्तिनास्तिबुद्ध्यनुगताः एव । तत्र एवं सति ज्ञेयमपि
> अस्तिबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययविषयं वा स्यात्, नास्तिबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययविषयं वा
> स्यात् । न, अतीन्द्रियत्वेन उभयबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययाविषयत्वात् । यद्धि
> इन्द्रियगम्यं वस्तु घटादिकम्, तत् अस्तिबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययविषयं वा स्यात्,
> नास्तिबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययविषयं वा स्यात् । इदं तु ज्ञेयम् अतीन्द्रियत्वेन
> शब्दैकप्रमाणगम्यत्वात् न घटादिवत् उभयबुद्ध्यनुगतप्रत्ययविषयम् इत्यतः ‘न
> सत्तन्नासत्’ इति उच्यते ॥
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> To put in simple terms: A pot, when encountered, is said to 'be': अस्ति
> घटः । When the pot is destroyed, we say: नास्ति घटः ।  Brahman, not being
> something that comes into existence and goes out of existence like a pot,
> is beyond the conceptions of asti and nāsti.  That is what is taught by the
> BG 13.12 expression: न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते |
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> regards
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> As an aside what ख्यातिवाद does व्याकरण use?
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>>
>> Regards,
>> Venkatraghavan
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