[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[S Jayanarayanan]

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kuntimaddi sadananda kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com wrote:
 
> PraNAms to all.
> We are doing the Panchadasi Ch. 6 -Chitadeepa prakaraNa.In that, there is a discussion adhyaasa using ghaTaakaasa,
> jalaakaasha, meghaakaasha and mahaakaasha in relation to kuuTashta, brahman, jeeva and Iswara. How do you explain
> these analogies and more importantly the anyonya adhyaasa here? 
> Panchadasi- Ch. 6 – Sloka24 says:
> Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShO yathaa sarvastirohitaH|
> 
> Tathaa jeevena kuuTasthaH saH anyOnya adhyaasa uchyate||
> 
> yathaa, Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShaH, sarvaH tirOhitaH; tathaa jeevena kuuTasthaH, saH anyonya adhyaasaH
> It says, anyonya adhhaasa – what is the mutual superimposition here?
> Hari Om!Sadananda 
>   Couple of websites have this to say:
 
http://pastimespaceadvaitavedanta.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-sheaths-and-atman.html
 
"Disciple: What is the relation between the Kosha and the Atman?
Guru: Anyonya-Adhyasa.
 
Disciple: What is Anyonya-Adhyasa?
Guru: Anyonya-Adhyasa is mutual superimposition. The attributes of the five sheaths are superimposed on the Atman.
The attributes of the sheaths, e.g., change pain, etc., are falsely attributed to the pure soul or the Atman.
The attributes of the Pure Atman such as Existence, Knowledge, Bliss, Purity, Consciousness are transferred to
the five sheaths."
  
 
http://saipadarenu.blogspot.com/2009/03/chapters-sixteen-and-seventeen.html
 
"The attributes of the mind, senses, Prana and body are transferred to the pure Atman and the attributes of Atman
are transferred to the mind and the body. This is called mutual super imposition (Anyonya Adhyasa). Through
this superimposition, the insentient mind seems to be intelligent, and the impure and insentient body is
mistaken for the pure and sentient atman. "