[Advaita-l] Basic concepts of anumAna-pramANa

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

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On Fri, 25 Oct, 2024, 12:22 pm Sudhanshu Shekhar, <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
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> Namaste Raghav ji.
>
>
>> Now, to avoid ativyApti in the other cases viz., of
>> quantum-physics-jnAnam being jnAnatveNa-jnAna-janyA from
>> mathematics-jnAnaM, can we say, the avacchedaka is different and there is
>> quantum-physics-jnAnaM is maths-jnAna-upAdAna-jnAnatvena-jnAna-janyam.
>>
>
> I don't think there can be an objection of ativyApti in this case. In case
> of vyApti-jnAna-anuvyavasAya, there was a possibility of ativyApti as
> vyApti-jnAna-anuvyavasAya is vyApti-jnAna-janya. However,
> Quantum-Physics-jnAna is maths-jnAna-janya and not vyApti-jnAna-janya. So,
> there is no possibility of ativyApti.
>
> Quantum-Physics-jnAna is maths-jnAna-tvena-maths-jnAna-janya. That is it.
> It is not vyApti-jnAna-janya. Hence, there is no possibility of ativyApti.
>
> Did I understand your question correctly?
>
>
>> This is seen in other such layered knowledge systems like knowledge of
>> letters (varNas) is causative w.r.t. grammar, sentences and language
>> (vyAkaraNa etc).
>>
>> So there too, the avacchedaka differed in not being vyApti-jnAnatvAm but
>> something else?
>>
>
> Here again, vyApti-jnAna not being involved as a causal factor, there is
> no possibility of ativyApti.
>
> *A brief recollection of ativyApti:*
>
> LakshaNa means असाधारण-धर्म-वचनम्. The asAdhAraNa-dharma means that dharma
> which is present only in lakshya.
>
> If this asAdharaNa-dharma is present not only in lakshya but also in
> non-lakshya, then it is a dosha called ativyApti and it will not be
> considered as a correct lakshaNa. अलक्ष्य-वृत्तित्वम् अतिव्याप्तिः।
>
> This is same as लक्ष्यता-अवच्छेदक-अभाव-समान-अधिकरणत्वम् अतिव्याप्ति:. For
> example, if cow is the lakshya whose lakshaNa we have to frame, then
> lakshyatA-avachchhedaka is cow-ness. Now, non-lakshya would be something
> which has absence of lakshyatA-avachchhedaka i.e. absence of cowness. That
> is to say, non-lakshya is something which is the adhikaraNa of
> lakshyatA-avachchedaka-abhAva. If lakshaNa also has the same adhikaraNa,
> then that means, lakshaNa is present in non-lakshya and that is ativyApti.
>
> Here, the lakshaNa of anumiti is
> vyApti-jnAnatva-vishishTa-vyApti-jnAna-janya. So, the lakshaNa of anumiti
> is (1) born from vyApti-jnAna. (2) such vyApti-jnAna being qualified with
> vyApti-jnAna-tva.
>
> In Quantum-Physics-jnAna being born of maths-jnAna, there is no
> satisfaction of either of the two conditions. Hence, there can be no
> ativyApti. We need not go to the kAraNatA-avachchhedaka as kAraNatA itself
> is not satisfied.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>