[Advaita-l] Mandukya UP - Praviviktabhuk definition

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Chandramouli ji,

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:00 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  <<  a subject who experiences the pravivikta object Finally, it
> means one who
> experiences that which is different/separate >>,
>
> Pravivikta is here interpreted  as ** different**. Should it not be
> understood as  ** differentiating oneself or itself  ** ??.
>
No, for the same grammatical reasons as explained.

That is how praviviktabhuk  is understood as jIva who differentiates
> himself,
>
No, a jIva who experiences subtle objects which are different from gross
objects. A jIva being different is not a meaning that can be arrived at in
the given samAsa.

> meaning thereby that the dream creation is nothing but his own previous
> experiences or vAsanas, his Sukshma sharIra,  and enjoys the same.
>
You're right, but that meaning doesn't fit the jIva being different but
experiencing something different.

Kind rgds,
--Praveen R. Bhat
/* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */