[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:49 AM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
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> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:15 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> << Where is this meaning given?
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>>> //6. jalAkAsha------ghatAkAsha + water in the jar + reflection of the
>>> space
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>>> along with trees, creepers, stars etc//
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>>> घटावच्छिन्नखे नीरं यत्तत्र प्रतिबिम्बितः ।
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>>> साभ्रनक्षत्र-आकाशो जलाकाश-उदीर्यते ॥ १९॥
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>>> //19. The sky with clouds and stars reflected in water contained in a
>>> pot which encloses space, is known as 'Akasa in water'.// >>
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>>> Namaste.
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>>> What is the significant difference between the above two??
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The idea behind the analogy is: the pot, with water, is kept in the open
and the reflection of sky with clouds and stars is captured in it. Since
there is the similar word 'AkAsha' for both space and the sky, the idea of
the 'sky-akasha, attributed' hiding the pot-akasha is forceful. There is no
need to include trees, etc. in the analogy.

regards
subbu

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>>> Regards
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