[Advaita-l] Did Vyaasa mean Athaato Vishnu Jijnaasaa or Shiva Jijnaasaa?

[Venkatraghavan S]

Sri Bhaskar ji,

By deva, if svayam prakAsha chit is meant (dIvyate svayam prakAshe iti
deva:), then it would be nirupAdhika brahman indeed.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Venkatraghavan prabhuji
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> Hare Krishna
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> Thanks for your clarification prabhuji.  One more question but last one,
> whether devatva is inherent nature of brahman or Ishwara ?? It seems from
> below comments,  it is an inherent nature of Ishwara and not pertains to
> nirupAdhika brahman..am I right prabhuji??
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
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> bhaskar
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> *From:* Venkatraghavan S [mailto:agnimile at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 25, 2016 3:56 PM
> *To:* Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com>
> *Cc:* A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Advaita-l] Did Vyaasa mean Athaato Vishnu Jijnaasaa or
> Shiva Jijnaasaa?
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> Namaste Sri Bhaskar ji,
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> Sarvajnatva, sarvashaktitva, jagat kAraNatva, karma phala pradAtritva are
> all Ishvara's attributes - i.e mAya vishishTa chaitanyam's.
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> Regards,
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> Venkatraghavan
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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure how you can take ekatva, devatva etc. as attributes. These
> are not features that Brahman is endowed with, these are Brahman's inherent
> nature.
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> praNAms Sri Venkataraghavan prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
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> Very interesting observation.  May I understand here from your above
> statement  that devatva (karmAdhyakshatva, sarvajnatva, sarvashaktitva
> etc.) are inherent nature of  (para) brahman ??  what are the other
> attributes  adhyArOpita on brahman in that case??  Not for debate just
> curious to know your explanation.
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> Bhaskar
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