[Advaita-l] Which is the source of the 'vārtika' here?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Sri Subbuji,
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> It seems to appear in DharmakIrti's prAmANa vArtika vritti.
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> 03057 maNi-pradIpa-prabhayor maNi-buddhyA abhidhAvataH
> 03057 mithyA-jnAna-aviseSe api viseSo arthakriyAM prati
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> http://archive.li/WViMT
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> While this could be the "vArtika", it would be somewhat surprising that
> vidyAraNya would quote DharmakIrti, a Buddhist, to explain samvAdi bhrama.
> One alternative is another vArtika that predated DharmakIrti, perhaps the
> sloka vArtika of kumAriLa bhaTTa. However this is only speculative on my
> part, so please take it with a pinch of salt.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> Dear Venkat ji,

Thanks for this wonderful reference.  And I tend to take the above result
as very probable since Shankara has expressly admitted the maxim: 'para
matam apratiṣiddham anumatam bhavati' which means 'that which is
non-contradictory to us found in other schools is admissible to us.'  And
the point the Dharmakirti verse is making exactly fits the Panchadashi
topic discussed.

In the BSB too Shankara cites a tenet of Buddhist (on vairāgya) and says:
who would refute that?

warm regards
subbu


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> On 26 Mar 2017 6:27 p.m., "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Namaste
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> In the Panchadashi of Swami Vidyaranya we have these verses in the ninth
> chapter describing the samvādi and visamvādi bhrama-s:
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> maNipradIpaprabhayormaNibuddhyAbhidhAvatoH .
> mithyAj~nAnAvisheShe.api visheSho.arthakriyAM prati .. 2..
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> In the commentary to the above, Sri Ramakrishna pandita says:
> samvādibhramavat ityuktam prapanchayitum
> samvādibhrama-pratipādaka-vārtikam paṭhati - maṇipradīpeti.
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> dIpopavarakasyAntarvartate tatprabhA bahiH .
> dR^ishyate dvAryathAnyatra tadvaddR^iShTA maNeH prabhA .. 3..
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> vārtikam vyāchaṣṭe - dīpo...
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> dUre prabhAdvaya.n dR^iShTvA maNibuddhyAbhidhAvatoH .
> prabhAyAM maNibuddhistu mithyAj~nAna.n dvayorapi .. 4..
> na labhyate maNirdIpaprabhAM pratyabhidhAvatA .
> prabhAyA.n dhAvatAvashya.n labhyataiva maNirmaNeH .. 5..
> dIpaprabhAmaNibhrAntirvisa.nvAdibhramaH smR^itaH .
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> maNiprabhAmaNibhrAntiH sa.nvAdibhrama uchyate .. 6..
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> bhavatvevam vārtikārthaḥ....
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> It looks like Vidyaranya is citing from some vārtika here. If this thinking
> is right, what is the source of these verses?
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> warm regards
> subbu
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