[Advaita-l] BhAvarUpatA of avidyA

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

I presume the text itself would have mentioned the context in which the
declaration is made.

Regards

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 10:37 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari Om,
>
> In the lakshaNa of avidyA,  अनादिभावरूपं यद्विज्ञानेन विलीयते । तदज्ञानमिति
> प्राज्ञा लक्षणं संप्रचक्षते ॥, the word bhAvarUpa is explained to mean
> abhAva-vilakshaNa. Here, what exactly does the abhAva in
> "abhAva-vilakshaNa" refer to?
>
> 1. Does it refer to nirvishesha-abhAva like horns of hare or does it refer
> to vishesha-abhAva such as pot-abhAva, cloth-abhAva?
>
> 2. Is abhAva-vilakshaNa intended to distinguish avidyA from asat OR is it
> to distinguish avidyA from prAgabhAva, pradhvansAbhAva, anyonyAbhAva,
> atyantAbhAva etc.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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