[Advaita-l] Jnana and ajnana (Bhakti vs. Jnana)

[Siva Senani Nori]

What Sri Subrahmanian is saying is called nir-vikalpaka-j~nAna (without details) and sa-vikalpaka-j~nAna (with details like Dittho'yam - this is Ditthah; brAhmaNo'yam - this is a brAhmaNa; gauro'yam - this man is fair). This terminology is met with in all the shaDdarSanas.
 
Regards
N. Siva Senani

From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 4, 2011 4:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Jnana and ajnana (Bhakti vs. Jnana)
>
>There is a Panchadashi verse where Vidyaranya gives an example for the
>phenomenon of 'knowledge and ignorance co-existing':
>
>अध्येतृवर्गमध्यस्थपुत्राध्ययनशब्दवत् ।
>*भानेऽप्यभानं* भानस्य प्रतिबन्धेन युज्यते ॥१२॥ (प्रयक्तत्त्वविवेकः)
>A father has left his boy in a gurukula.  He comes on a visit to the place.
>From a distance he is able to hear the boys there chanting the veda.  He is
>aware that his boy too is in the group; yet he is not able to discern his
>boy's voice from the group's chanting sound.  The authoritative commentary
>of Sri Ramakrishna concludes: भानेऽप्यभानम् -  *सामान्यतः* प्रतीतावपि *
>विशेषाकारेणा*प्रतीतिर्युज्यते उपपद्यते इत्यर्थ: ।  One can see the close
>similarity between the Shankara bhashya passage and the above
>verse/commentary.
>
>Regards,
>subrahmanian.v
>