[Advaita-l] Fwd: Avaccheda and Pratibimba illustrations in the Yajnavalkya Smriti

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Subbu-ji,
Thanks for sharing instances of pratibimba-vAda and avacCheda-vAda from
various texts.

I was recently listening to the vAkyArtha conducted last month on Sri
Appayya Dikshitendra's works. One particular discussion, led by Brahmasri
Kuppa Vishwanatha Sharma shows the difference between avacCheda vAda and
pratibimba vAda as demonstrated in the Parimalam (
https://youtu.be/1V4eQYKkOf0, 2:14:00 onwards).

Sri Sharma-garu makes two interesting observations based on the Parimala:

1) pratibimba vAda accepts avacCheda vAda - ie there is a role of
avacChinnatva in pratibimba vAda also - the consciousness delimited by /
located in the antah-karaNa is admitted as the antaryAmi even when it is
said that the jIva is antah-karaNa-pratibimbita-caitanya.

2) However, avacCheda vAda does not accept pratibimba vAda. Through various
arguments, the parimala-kAra establishes that pratibimba-vAda is not
accepted in the bhAShya / sUtra. From this, it appears that Sri
dIkshitendra shows a personal preference for avacCheda vAda over pratibimba
vAda.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, 09:23 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
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> तथात्मा एको ह्यनेकश्च जलाधारेष्विवांशुमान् । । ३.१४४ । ।
> Just as the impartite space owing to limiting adjuncts, upadhis, such as
> pot, appears to be many and just as the single moon appears many being
> reflected in many water bodies, one Atman alone appears to be many owing to
> the many body-adjuncts.
> These two most famous illustrations are extensively used in Advaita. Here
> are just a few examples:
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