[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Is pot-abhAva bhAvarUpa

Sudhanshu Shekhar sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com
Fri Dec 6 00:09:03 EST 2024


Hari Om Bhaskar prabhu ji.

Let us leave aside everything and concentrate on the argument presented.
Suppose, a ten-year boy comes before you and presents this argument by
saying - uncle, I can prove to you that a vishesha-abhAva is not like horns
of hare. It is bhAvarUpa. And he presents his argument as follows -
चतुर्विधानामभावानाम् , घटस्येतरेतराभावो घटादन्यो ष्टः — यथा घटाभावः
पटादिरेव, न घटस्वरूपमेव । न च घटाभावः सन्पटः अभावात्मकः ; किं तर्हि ?
भावरूप एव । एवं घटस्य प्राक्प्रध्वंसात्यन्ताभावानामपि घटादन्यत्वं स्यात् ,
घटेन व्यपदिश्यमानत्वात् , घटस्येतरेतराभाववत् ; तथैव भावात्मकताभावानाम् ।

He says that this anumAna proves without a doubt that any vishesha-abhAva,
be it pot-abhAva, chair-abhAva, cloth-abhAva etc, is bhAvarUpa.

What would be your reaction? Would you agree with this anumAna-pramANa? If
not, then how would you refute him?

Let us restrict to this much and not go beyond to mUlAvidyA etc. Let us
move forward step-by-step.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.


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