[Advaita-l] Whether darkness is bhava - Vivarana Prameya Samgraha of Shri Vidyaranya

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 9:50 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> But here tamas refers to Mrityu devata just as prithivi does not refer to
> astronomical body prithivi but to prithivi devata. Moreover, this is
> adhidaivata-prakarana, then how can by the word tamas is taken the
> darkness?
>


Shankara clearly explains it as यस्तमस्यावरणात्मके बाह्ये तमसि,  the
enveloping darkness outside. The Veda takes such entities as physical. The
antaryamitva requires an entity and so a deity is also admitted.

regards
subbu



> If you take here literal meaning then you will have to take even direction
> as some bhava padarth like chair and table because even that is enlisted.
> By the word dik, Ashvini Kumaras are meant and so on.
>
> Regards,
> Sudhanshu.
>
>
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