[Advaita-l] anumAna-pramANa

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Chandramouli ji



On Mon, 21 Oct, 2024, 7:01 pm H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

We say dhUmo vahninA vyApyaH
And again you wrote, in the current context, Agni is vyApya. But, is not
Agni the vyApaka (pervader) of fire?

Om

Raghav

>
> 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.
> >
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