[Advaita-l] [advaitin] types of abhAva as explained by Sri Sureshvara's TUB vArtika

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Raghav Ji,

Reg  // Can we say atyantAbhAva is the only idea accepted in Advaita? //,

Both anyOnyAbhAva as well as atyantAbhAva are accepted, but not in the same
sense as in the nyAya School. In their usage in Advaita SiddhAnta,
different levels of Reality are recognized. Otherwise, different terms like
bheda are generally used, for example, in differentiating pot and cloth,
instead of anyOnyAbhAva.

Reg  // And hence the "traikAlika-niShedha-atyantAbhAva-pratiyogitvaM"
still remains a valid definition of mithyAtvaM although it employs navya
nyAya //,

It may not be appropriate to say that it employs navya nyAya. Because
different levels of Reality like prAtibhAsika and vyAvahArika are not
admitted in navya nyAya. Whereas the explanation for the second  definition
of mithyAtvaM admits of both levels of Reality. Interestingly,
illustrations like shell-silver are also sought to be explained in terms of
anyOnyAbhAva as well.

Regards

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula <
raghavkumar00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji
> Thank you for the TUBV and Ananda Giri gloss references on the mere
> vikalpa nature of pradhavmsha and prAgabhAva as just the bhAvarUpatvaM of
> lump and shards of clay.
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> Can we say atyantAbhAva is the only idea accepted in Advaita? (This of
> course renders the adjective atyanta superfluous)
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> And hence the "traikAlika-niShedha-atyantAbhAva-pratiyogitvaM" still
> remains a valid definition of mithyAtvaM although it employs navya nyAya.
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> Om
> Raghav
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