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

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Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l
11:10 AM (24 minutes ago)
 to *jaldhar*, Krishna, bvparishat
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.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:37 AM Krishna Kashyap <kkashyap2011 at gmail.com>
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> what is the technical definition of Drik in Advaita?
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> is this in drik drishya viveka or in some other text?
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> *Best Regards,*
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