[Advaita-l] [advaitin] 'The Jiva is Mithya' - an article in English

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hari Om Subbu ji.

SiddhAnta Bindu explains the concept very well. And also NyAyaratnAvalI can
be seen. I am giving the relevant link (pages 88, 89 and 90):

NR says in a very succinct manner: *स्वरूपतो मिथ्याभूतं प्रतिबिम्बमिति*
वादः आभासवाद:। *स्वरूपतः सत्यं* *प्रतिबिम्बत्वरूपेण मिथ्याभूतं* *बिम्बमेव
प्रतिबिम्बमिति* वादस्य विवरणोक्तस्य वक्ष्यमाणस्य प्रतिबिम्बवादत्वमिति भावः।

SiddhAnta Bindu says - प्रतिबिम्बस्य पारमार्थिकत्वात् जहदजहल्लक्षणैव
तत्त्वमादिपदेषु। (For VivaraNa and Samkshepa ShArIraka, who uphold
pratibimba-vAda)

https://archive.org/details/SiddhantaBinduShriMadhusudanaSarasvati/page/n111/mode/2up

Basically, if jIva is chit-AbhAsa, it is mithyA. If jIva is
chit-pratibimba, it is satya. In the former, it will be
bAdha-sAmAnAdhikaraNya like "स्थाणुरयं पुरुषः". And in the latter, it will
be mukhya-sAmAnAdhikaraNya like "सोऽयं देवदत्तः".

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.