[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: avidyA is adhyasta (superimposed) in AtmA

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Shubbu ji.
>
> //Does this not sound, in part, like the 'Aashrayatva-vishayatva-bhAginI '
> verse where the reason: the pashchima = jiva is a product of the
> tamas/ajnana that precedes the jiva, and hence the latter can't be the
> aashraya of avidya/tamas?//
>
> Absolutely. Samkshepa ShArIraka uses exactly the same logic in
> आश्रयत्व-विषयत्व- भागिनी as adduced in Naishkarmya Siddhi.
>
> In fact, the same thing is stated in VivaraNa also.
>

Alas, Sureshwaracharya too joins the category of 'later Advaitins'😀

regards
subbu

>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>