[Advaita-l] [advaitin] How jnAnAbhAva can cause adhyAsa !!??

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

>
> Namaste Venkat ji.

When you say ajnAna implies jnAna abhAva, what kind of jnAna is this
> vyApti? Isn't this vyApti itself anupalabdhi - Because it is jnAna karaNa
> ajanya?
>

I don't feel that this vyApti itself is anupalabdhi. We are employing a
specific anumAna. And presenting a vyatirekI drishTAnta therefor. We have
evidences for that from pratyaksha. It is like any other vyApti.

I mean ajnAna => jnAna-abhAva is not that obvious. (P =>Q)

So, we look for (~Q => ~P). There is evidence for that. Whenever there is
abhAva of jnAna-abhAva, there is absence of ajnAna. So, utilising that, we
present ajnAna => jnAna-abhAva.

I mean to convey -- if this anumAna were not employed, we may not have the
knowledge of jnAna-abhAva even if we knew ajnAna through sAkshI.

That is why SiddhikAra says -- since ajnAna is vyApya of jnAna-abhAva, we
get to know jnAna-abhAva through the linga of ajnAna.

The anubhava of jnAna-abhAva is born by applying this vyApti with
drishTanta. Hence, it seems to me that jnAna-abhAva-anubhav is
jnAna-karaNa-janya.

Do you follow Hindi Venkat ji. I may share some excerpt from Hindi
commentary by Swami Vishuddhananda Giri Ji of Dakshinamurthy Math. This
concept is crucial and I thank you for continued involvement in discussion.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.