[Advaita-l] Definition of sAkshI

[V Subrahmanian]

There is this definition of sAkshitvam, not aware of the text though:   '
अकर्तृत्वे  सति बोधृत्वम्’ - Being passive yet 'knowing', is sākṣitvam.
 There is no action of 'knowing' involved.

regards
subbu



On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari Om V Subrahmanian ji, Venkatraghavan ji, Chandramouli ji, Praveen Bhat
> ji and other learned members.
>
> How exactly do we define sAkshI? In advaita-siddhi, several prima facie
> different definitions of sAkshI can be found:-
>
> 1. किञ्च केवलचिन्मात्रं न साक्षि, #किन्त्वविद्यावृत्त्युपहितम्
>
> 2. चैतन्यस्य स्वरूपतो दोषाजन्यत्वेऽपि तदवच्छेदिकाया
> अविद्यावृत्तेर्दोषजन्यत्वात् ; #तत्प्रतिफलितचैतन्यस्यैव #साक्षिपदार्थत्वात्
> ।
>
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