[Advaita-l] BhAvarUpatA of avidyA

[H S Chandramouli]

Please give the reference to the cited quote.

Regards

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 6:27 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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