[Advaita-l] Basic concepts of anumAna-pramANa

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Chandramouli ji.

I am not sure if there could be so much divergence between different
> commentators on the vedantic view of anumAna pramANa. For whatever it is
> worth, I would like to bring to the attention of members on the
> understanding stated by Sri Mani Dravid Shastri Ji on this topic in his
> tamil talk covering PanchapAdikA, link copied below. His view directly
> contradicts what is attributed to Sri Panchanan Bhattacharya ji and Swami
> Vidyananda Giri ji.//
>

There is no divergence between VedAnta ParibhAshA and VivaraNa in so far as
mechanics of generation of anumiti-pramA is concerned. It is only the
ascription of anumiti-karaNatva to vyApti-jnAna by VedAnta ParibhAshA which
is being stated to be against VivaraNa.

On page 78 of VivaraNa UpanyAsa by DakshiNAmUrti Math, there is a clear
statement made: *अतः वेदान्त परिभाषा का 'अनुमितिकरणं च व्याप्तिज्ञानम्' यह
कथन विवरणानुसारी नहीं है*.

The book can be downloaded from
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0gCz3b-LM1VTnJhUXpJZzFZQ2s/view?resourcekey=0-VAnTvUpxgVVNAKAUkS3iVg

The details of statements by Panchanan Bhattacharya ji has already been
given in the write-up wherein the karaNatva of vyApti-jnAna and vyApAra-tva
of vyApti-jnAna-janya-samskAra has been refuted.

Swami Vidyananda Giri ji *has not* stated anything in this regard.


> There are many members here in these Forums who refer to Sri MDS for
> clarifications. It would be appropriate, in my view, for some of these
> members to draw attention of Sri MDS to these divergent views and seek
> clarificaion.
>

That will be great.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.