[Advaita-l] Reference to 'adhyAsa' in pUrvamImAmsA

[V Subrahmanian]

Thank you Shri Anand ji for the reference.  This and another reference
presented from the same source confirms that the concept of adhyAsa has
been in vogue in pre-Shankara/Gaudapada literature.


subrahmanian.v

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Shri V. Subrahmanian wrote:
>
> >It is said that the औत्पत्तिकसूत्रम् in the शाबरभाष्यम् for the
> >जैमिनि-sUtras contains the sentence 'शुक्तिका हि रजतवदवभासते' that
>
> I found a similar sounding sentence that describes "bhrama" in
> pUvramImAMsA. It is from 3.8.24 where the shAbara bhAShya says, "यस्य
> हि दर्शनस्य प्रमाणं नास्ति व्यामोहः सः। यथा शुक्तिकायां रजतविज्ञानम्।
> " which describes erroneous cognition as a view that lacks the support
> of a pramANa.
>
> The context is:  In the darshapurNamAsa,  whether the adhvaryu directs
> the Agnidhra or the Agnidhra directs the adhvaryu to perform certain
> actions? The pUrvapakShin says it is the Agnidhra who directs and the
> adhvaryu performs, whereas the siddhAnta is that the adhvaryu directs
> and the Agnidhra
> performs.
>
> Anand
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