[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda - eka jeeva vaada

[H S Chandramouli]

Reg   << vAchaspati-mishra is accepted as nAnA-jIva-vAdI, but as in his
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> aGYAnam is jIvAshritam, so the creation is also of jIva. Hence, his view is
> considered as dRRiShTi-sRRiShTi. >>.
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> In the book Bhamati of Vachaspati edited with English translation by Prof
> Suryanarayana Shastry and Dr. Kunhan Raja, the authors mention that while
> aGYAnam is jIvAshritam its vishaya is Isvara.The following is quote from
> the book.
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> Quote  <<  Hence Isvara too may be said to be the Ashraya of aGYAnam, if
> by Ashraya is meant the content and not its locus ( AdhAra ).
> When,therefore, it is said that my ignorance creates the universe, it does
> not follow that I create the universe; rather does it mean that Isvara, the
> content of my ignorance, uses the ignorance that is in me and out of that
> as material cause, evolves the world;  the ignorance in me , the mAyA, the
> prakriti is the primal material cause; he who wields it for fashioning the
> world, the mAyin, the arch-juggler, is Isvara >>. Unquote.
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> In this context they also suggest reference may be made to the Kalpataru
> particularly page 404.
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> According to this Sri VachaspatiMishra”s view would not correspond to
> dRRiShTi-sRRiShTi.
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> Regards
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