[Advaita-l] dRShTi-sRShTi definitions in the advaitasiddhi

[H S Chandramouli]

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> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> > A small doubt. What is the Reality status of jIva? Is it prAtibhAsika or
> > pAramArthika?
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> Quick answer is that jIva is one of the six entities that are not
> considered to be within the scope of DSV, as per Madhusudana. If literally
> everything is part of dRShTi-sRShTi, then everything has a short existence
> confined by the dRShTi of it and thereby DSV starts to sound similar to
> Buddhist KShaNikavAda. In fact, this is the very next objection by the
> pUrvapaKShin. To answer this objection and to conform DSV with the words of
> previous AchAryas in the advaita tradition, Madhusudana holds that six
> entities, namely jIva, Ishvara, shuddhacit, the bheda between Ishvara and
> jIva, avidyA, the combination of avidyA and cit (a la satyAnRtamithunIkaraNa),
> are all anAdi and not under the purview of DSV.
> This does not mean that those entities, except for shuddhacit, are not
> mithyA. They could be shown to be mithyA, not from DSV viewpoint but due to
> having dRshyatva, etc. anAdyavidyAnAM dRShTi-sRShTitvena mithyAtva-abhAve
> api dRshyatvAdihetunA eva teShAM mithyAtvasiddheriti. >>
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> Let me refer to this as DSV(MS).  This clearly admits three levels of
> Reality, PAramArthika/PrAtibhAsika/Mithya.  Definitely not the type
> discussed all along here where only two levels were considered. I am not
> sure if this is what Praveen Ji intended in his presentations. He may like
> to clarify/confirm.
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> While only six entities are mentioned, it is to be noted that avidya has
> infinite number of parts.Since combination of avidya and cit is also
> covered in the six, there are practically infinite number of entities
> admitted. In fact  satyAnRtamithunIkaraNa  covers entire charAchara
> srishti. All this will be mithya and not prAtibhAsika.
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>   Also, has Sri MS stipulated to only one jIva in his analysis. This may
> please be confirmed. I am not sure if all the above is admitted or
> intended. Else whether my understanding of the above is wrong.
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> Sidhantaleshasamgraha refers to two versions of DSV. One is mentioned as
> that of Sri Prakashananda as in Vedanta Sidhantamuktavali. Is the other one
> DSV(MS) ?. Or is it a third one.
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> I will continue after clarification.
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> Regards
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