[Advaita-l] anumAna-pramANa

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

Reg // agni-jnAna is a jnAna which has agni as the vishaya. vyApti-jnAna,
which is anumiti-karaNa, is a jnAna which has vyApti as the vishaya.

If you say that agni-jnAna is vyApti-jnAna, it implies that agni is vyApti,
which is incorrect//,

Commentary by Sri Anantakrishna Shastri on VP, Page 144, copied below.

// एवं चानुमानपदार्थः क इत्यत आह- *अनुमितिकरणं चेति* । *व्याप्तिज्ञानमिति*
धूमो वह्निव्याप्य इति ज्ञानमित्यर्थः । //

//  evaM chAnumAnapadArthaH ka ityata Aha- anumitikaraNaM cheti |
vyAptij~nAnamiti dhUmo vahnivyApya iti j~nAnamityarthaH |//,

Self explanatory. Your understanding is incorrect. vyApti-jnAna means, in
the current context, agni is vyApya.

Regards

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji.
>
>
>> I thought it is clear by the context that when agni is mentioned as
>> above, it meant agni jnana and not agni as a vastu.
>>
>
> agni-jnAna is a jnAna which has agni as the vishaya. vyApti-jnAna, which
> is anumiti-karaNa, is a jnAna which has vyApti as the vishaya.
>
> If you say that agni-jnAna is vyApti-jnAna, it implies that agni is
> vyApti, which is incorrect.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>