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

[H S Chandramouli]

In continuation, has Sri MS, in any of his other works, presented any
version of DSV ?

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On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:43 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > A small doubt. What is the Reality status of jIva? Is it prAtibhAsika
>> or
>> > pAramArthika?
>> >
>>
>> 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. >>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>   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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I will continue after clarification.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
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