[Advaita-l] [advaitin] what is abhava?

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Raghav ji.

//In case of illusory snake, since the atyanata-abhAva is not pAramArthika,
we are at liberty to take it as either rope or as another mithyA entity
different from rope. Depending on whether we take abhAva as adhikaraNa
swarUpa or not.//

I think in case of imagined objects, the atyanta-abhAva should be
necessarily adhikaraNa-swarUpa.

So, if A is imagined in B, A-abhAva should be necessarily B. There should
be no option here.

If A is not imagined in B, say pot-abhAva on ground -- here there is
option. A-abhAva can be either B or different from B, depending on the
siddhAnta.

Many thanks for asking pin-pointed question. It helped me in clarity.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

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