[Advaita-l] Vaadiraaja Teertha's Yuktimallika - Akhandarthavaada Criticism - Slokas 1-972 to 1-980

[Anand Hudli]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Sri Anand ji,
>
> Great explanation, thank you. A question:
>
> Re this sentence "The siddhAnta position is that only the savanIya cakes
> have to be made of flesh, not all puroDAshas.", should this be the
> pUrvapakshi position instead?
>
> I ask because later you said (and the artha would be lakshaNa if all five
> materials are included):
> "The siddhAnta position here is that flesh is used in the place of all the
> five savanIya materials, not just the puroDAsha."


Dear Shri Venkatraghavanji,

The pUrvapakShin argues, in the context of the sUtra 3.8.42 māṃsaṃ tu
savanīyānāṃ codanāviśeṣāt, that the flesh of animals is to be used in the
place puroDAshas even outside of the savana ritual. The siddhAntin points
out that the sUtra itself restricts the puroDAshas to just the savanIya
puroDAshas and one cannot suppose a mistake in the sUtra (savanIyashabdasya
apramAdapAThAt - tantravArtika). Hence, only the savanIya puroDAshas have
to be made of flesh. However, *within the savana ritual* the word puroDAsha
has to be taken in its secondary meaning to include not just puroDAshas but
also dhAnA (roasted barley), etc. The tantravArtika provides this
explanation: puroDAshAn alaMkurviti prakRtau dhAnAdiShu lakShaNA dRShTA na
tu savanIyashabdasya asavanIyeShu pravRttiH| sAhityAcca shakyate tena
lakShayituM netareNa| na hi asavanIyasya puroDAshasya dhAnAdibhiH sambandho
asti| tasmAdhAnAdInAM sthAne tarasA iti siddham| In the primary sacrifice
(prakRti), the words "puroDAshAn alaMkuru" indicate with the secondary
meaning roasted barley (dhAnA), and others. But this is not the case with
the savanIya word, which does not indicate (puroDAshas) other than those
used in the savana. Due to proximity (of being used in the same savana
ritual), puroDAsha can imply dhAnA and others (since they too are used in
the savana). But savanIya puroDAsha cannot imply other (than those used in
savana). There is no relation between non-savanIya puroDAshas and dhAnA,
etc. (used in savana). Thus it is established that flesh is used in the
place of dhAnA and others.

Anand