[Advaita-l] what is the technical definition of Drik in Advaita?

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Fri, 31 May 2024, Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l wrote:

> what is the technical definition of Drik in Advaita?
>
> is this in drik drishya viveka or in some other text?
>

shrI rAmarAya kavi in his vedAntasaMgraha says:

dR^ik dR^ishyaM dvau padArthau | imAmeva chidAchiditi GYAnaM jaDamiti cha 
vyvaharanti | svaprakAshatve sati svetarasarvAvabhAsakatvaM dR^isho 
lakShaNam | GYeyatvaM dR^shyasya lakShanam |

"The two substances are the seer and the seen.  These are also 
conventionally known as chit[1] and achita[2] and GYAna[3] and jaDa[4]. 
The definition of the seer is that it illuminates all else being 
self-luminous.  Being the object of Jnana is the definition of seen."

[1] consciousness.

[2] unconsciousness or rather, non-consciousness.

[3] knowledge

[4] inertness

I have left certain words in Sanskrit in the main body of the translation 
and only attempted to give an English definition in footnotes because 
such definitions are inexact. Better to use the proper terms for 
precision.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>