[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: [advaitin] Re: pratiyogI-jnAna being mandatory for abhAva-jnAna

[Venkatraghavan S]

A correction. By ~C, I don't mean the absence of C, I meant to say "that C
is absent". That is, to know that C is absent/non-existent, knowing about A
or B is not relevant.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Thu, 1 Aug 2024, 08:00 Venkatraghavan S, <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Ananta Chaitanya ji,
>
> Re
>
>> The pratiyogi of the context is made up of both
>> the objects of units of knowledge. The abhAva expressing na~n is going
>> with
>> the vishiShTa along with the visheShaNa.
>>
>
> I don't think that is the case - the pratiyogi of the absence of hare's
> horn is neither the hare nor the horn.
>
> If A stands for hare and B stands for the horn, the hare's horn is
> not A∩B, but an independent entity C, so ~C (the absence of C) is not
> dependent on the knowledge of A and B.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
>>
>> Kind rgds,
>> --Ananta Chaitanya
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