[Advaita-l] [advaitin] How jnAnAbhAva can cause adhyAsa !!??

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Venkat ji.

I meant the asAdhAraNa kAraNa is anupalabdhi pramANa. In my view, the
> cognition of present abhAva has to be by anupalabdhi only.
>

How do I know that I have Russian-language-jnAna-abhAva, which is a *present
abhAva*?

If we say that Russian-language-jnAna-abhAva, which is present, is known
through anupalabdhi, then it would require prior knowledge of pratiyogI.
That means we need to have Russian-language-jnAna-jnAna which implies
Russian-language-jnAna (as an adjective) which would render the
impossibility of Russian-jnAna-abhAva. [This is what we present as an
objection to the opponent. If we accept present jnAna-abhAva to be known
through anupalabdhi, then this objection will apply against us also.]

Instead, let us see the following:

I know that I have Russian-language-ajnAna. Because ajnAna is sAkshi-bhAsya
and Russian-language acts as an avachchhedaka. So, Russian-language-ajnAna
is sAkshi-bhAsya.

Now, I have a vyApti-jnAna, wherein ajnAna is hetu and jnAna-abhAva is
sAdhya:

यत्र यत्र अज्ञानम्, तत्र तत्र ज्ञानाभाव:, यन्नैवं तन्नैवं, यथा ज्ञानवति
(ज्ञानाभाव-अभाव-वति) मयि अज्ञानं नास्ति. [sAdhya-abhAva implying
hetu-abhAva is present in drishTAnta]

So, by applying this vyApti, I do an anumAna - I have Russian-ajnAna
(hetu), therefore, I have Russian-jnAna-abhAva (sAdhya).

So, Russian-jnAna-abhAva, *which is a present-abhAva and not a past-abhAva*,
is known by me through anumAna. And not through anupalabdhi.

What is the error in this understanding?


I agree with you on the vritti-thing. However, some eka-deshI who accepts
bhAvarUpa-avidyA, not SSSSji, can argue - let there be an
abhAva-AkArA-avidyA-vritti. What is the problem? Then there can be
perception of abhAva of by sAkshI.

So, we need to respond to that -- this kalpanA of
abhAva-AkArA-avidyA-vritti is not possible. Because, this would imply that
abhAva is shining in an aparoksha-manner being sAkshi-vedya. Whereas abhAva
is necessarily paroksha.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.