[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A kilogram of darkness please

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Namaste Sudhanshuji,

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 8:29 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> But, in the case of ‘darkness’, it is the way that we use language that is
>> the problem. ‘Darkness’ is the word that we use for ‘lack of light’.
>>
> This is your presumption arising on account of non-deliberation. It is
> proved through anumAna that darkness is not abhAva. I will demonstrate how.
> You will need to contradict the anumAna and not merely cite presumed
> linguistic usage as a counter-argument.
>

Even a simple non-figurative language use known to  everyone will show how
darkness is a bhAva padArtha. We say: it is a little dark, too dark, pitch
dark, etc. Where is gradation possible in lack of light! If it be said that
it is due to gradation of light, then still one has to accept there is some
light that cannot counter the darkness present. And then the aprakAshaH
tamaH definition not given but used by the opponent will have the
virodArthe na~n, not abhavArthe.

gurupAdukAbhyAm,
--Ananta Chaitanya
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