[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A smart inference by Shankara

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Chandramouli ji.

//I meant that in this specific context, bhAva vilakshaNa of avidyA in the
lakshaNa statement context, bhAva refers exclusively to Brahman
** अनादिभावरूपत्वे सति ज्ञाननिवर्त्यत्वम् **. Here avidyA considered
is अनादि.//

Our discussion is within this context only. And here only all my argument
is adduced as stated in previous e-mail. BhAva in bhAva-vilakshaNa refers
to Brahman, vyAvakArika and prAtibhAsika avidyA-kArya excluding four
abhAvAs and obviously tuchchha.


Reg  // Here, there is bAdhaka sattva for bhAvatva of avidyA by the anumAna
> -- विनाशी #भावः सादि:, #घटवत्. This shows that ghaTa has bhAvatva. Thus,
> vyAvhArika-avidyA-kArya has bhAvatva //,
>
> //That is exactly the point. Here avidyA considered is सादि.//
>
Sir, please go through the text carefully. avidyA is defined to be anAdi
and vinAshI. If it were to be bhAva, then like ghaTa, which is both vinAshI
and bhAva, it would have been sAdi. That is violation with definition.

Hence, it is concluded that avidyA is not bhAva. This anumAna is the
bAdhaka in the bhAvatva of avidyA.

This anumAna shows that ghaTa has bhAvatva as meant in the lakshaNa
bhAva-vilakshaNa.

Hence, your claim that bhAva in the lakshaNa refers exclusively to Brahman
is erroneous.

Regarda.