[Advaita-l] pratiyogI-jnAna being mandatory for abhAva-jnAna

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Sudhanshu ji,
The cognition that the hare's horn does not exist does not require the
prior knowledge of the hare's horn.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 6:54 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari Om,
>
> It is accepted in advaita-vedAnta that prior pratiyogI-jnAna is a
> prerequisite for abhAva-jnAna. Unless and until one has x-jnAna, one cannot
> have x-abhAva-jnAna.
>
> My question is -- is there any branch of Indian Philosophy, dvaita,
> vishishTAdvaita, nyAya etc who dispute this premise and hold that one can
> have abhAva-jnAna without pratiyogI-jnAna.
>
> Learned members may please guide.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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