[Advaita-l] anumAna-pramANa

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Correction : I should have written "is not Agni the pervader (vyApaka) of
smoke?"

On Mon, 21 Oct, 2024, 9:18 pm Raghav Kumar Dwivedula, <
raghavkumar00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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