[Advaita-l] Can the self be called anirvachaniya?

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hari Om Chandramouli ji.

In advaita SiddhAnta, anirvachanIya is not used in the sense of inacapable
> of being defined in words. It is to be understood as inacapable of being
> categorized as * सत् (sat)* or *other than सत् (sat)*. The Bhashya, in
> three places, states as below
>

Exceptional!!

Advaita Siddhi also says exactly what you said - नहि
निरुक्तिविरहमात्रेणानिर्वाच्यत्वं ब्रूमः, किंतु सत्त्वादिना निरुक्तिविरहेण
।

Mere inability to define/state is not meant by anirvachanIyatva, but the
inability to state as sat or asat is called anirvachanIyatva.

Since Brahman can be stated in words as sat, it is not anirvachanIya.
Similarly, tuchchha is not anirvachanIya either. mAyA/avidyA however cannot
be stated as either sat or asat on account of bAdhaka-sattva, it is held to
be anirvachanIya.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.