[Advaita-l] अनिर्वचनीया ख्याति anirvacaniiyaa khyaati post-Shankara origin?

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Chandramouliji̲
> Thank you for the reply and giving the clear context and views of
> acharyas. I have not studied directly Sri SSS's justification for saying it
> is bhAShya viruddham.
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> I noted that one of the earliest references is by Sri Padmapadacharya
> himself in panchapAdikA who does indeed enunicate it by saying
> " मिथ्येति अनिर्वचनीयता उच्यते"
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> Om
> Raghav
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> ̲<hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Namaste Raghav Ji,
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> Reg << Is this idea of anirvacaniiyaa khyaati presented in Shankara
> Bhashya? Or
> was it of later origin? Also, do some advaitins hold that this
> anirvacaniiyaa khyaati-vaada was of later post-Shankara origin? >>,
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> It is the contention of Sri SSS that anirvacaniiyaa khyaati-vaada was of
> later post-Shankara origin. He is of the view that it is contrary to the
> Bhashya itself (भाष्य विरुद्ध Bhashya Virudha). All the other commentators
> present anirvacaniiyaa khyaati-vaada as forming part of the Bhashya itself.
> However according to Sri SSS, while all others do so, Swami Suresvaracharya
> does not admit of this.
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> Regards
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> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:02 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> Namaste
> In Advaita vedanta, the model to explain erroneous perceptions (such as
> seeing a snake instead of the actual rope) is that of अनिर्वचनीया
> ख्यातिवाद (anirvacaniiyaa khyaati-vaada). This is used to explain that
> erroneous perceptions are neither categorically real nor categorically
> unreal.
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> "If its real, then it would never get negated/sublated; if it is unreal
> then it would never be experienced at all.(सच्चेत् न बाध्येत ; असत् चेत् न
> प्रतीयेत)". Therefore the erroneous perception is labelled anirvacaniiyaa
> khyaati. This is the idea.
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> Is this idea of anirvacaniiyaa khyaati presented in Shankara Bhashya? Or
> was it of later origin? Also, do some advaitins hold that this
> anirvacaniiyaa khyaati-vaada was of later post-Shankara origin?
>
> Thank you in advance for any light on this matter.
>
> Om
>
> Raghav
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