[Advaita-l] BhAvarUpatA of avidyA

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Yes. But kindly have a look and also share your general understanding as to
what do you understand by bhAvarUpa usage which is ubiquitous in Advaita.

Regards.

On Wed, 31 Jan, 2024, 6:21 pm H S Chandramouli, <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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