[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Question on Sankhya prakruti versus Advaita maya from Vedanta Paribhasha

[Bhaskar YR]

Is Prakruti or Maya in Advaita considered to be sentient?

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Hare Krishna

mAya is shakti and mAyin is shaktivanta, there is no difference in these two says bhAshyakAra.  However there is a trend that equates mAya with avidyA in Advaita vedAnta.  And that avidyA shakti is brahmAshrita so says some mUlavidyAvAdins.  That aside, the Chaitanya (sentient) is only one in Advaita no second Chaitanya entertained in Advaita.

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