[Advaita-l] Padmapadacharya gives a long list of synonyms for Ignorance

[H S Chandramouli]

*ईशावास्योपनिषद्भाष्यम्*    *IshAvAsyopaniShadbhAShyam*

Bhashya on mantra 12

<< प्रकृतिः कारणम् अव्याकृताख्यम् , तामसम्भूतिमव्याकृताख्यां प्रकृतिं
कारणमविद्यां कामकर्मबीजभूतामदर्शनात्मिकाम् उपासते >>,

<< prakRRitiH kAraNam avyAkRRitAkhyam , tAmasambhUtimavyAkRRitAkhyAM
prakRRitiM kAraNamavidyAM kAmakarmabIjabhUtAmadarshanAtmikAm upAsate >>,

Sri Bhagavatpada , not vyAkhyAnakArAs, has  stated
 prakruti/kAraNa/avyAkruta as synonymous with avidyA. Sri SSS himself, in
the footnotes to this part of the Bhashya, while offering his explanation,
does indeed concede  that here in this Bhashya  avyAkruta has been stated
as synonymous with avidyA. He also observes that  this is also termed
mAyA/shakti/bIja etc elsewhere in the Bhashya and reers to  BSB
2-1-14,1-4-3,1-2-22.
Regards

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:45 PM kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thursday, September 5, 2019, 07:08:50 AM EDT, V Subrahmanian via
> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>  Bhaskar ji,  In that sutra bhashya Shankara cites the Br.Up. to say that
> avidya/avyakta is 'called'  aakaasha.
>
> In fact Brahman is also called by the name aakaasha. But this is not the
> popular akasha, space/ether that you thought of and said 'atmanah aakaashah
> sambhuutah.'
>
> ---------------------------
> PraNAms - Yes in Bri. Up. Bhashya - Shankara defines Akaasha as Brahman in
> the sense of prakaash, the self-illuminating entity.
> Hari Om!Sadananda
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