[Advaita-l] what is abhava?

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Namaste Raghav, Thanks for the reference but I'd like to know more about
the context of the excerpt. On the surface, jnAna-abhAva as prak-abhava
makes no sense. It would subject jnana and its absence to time whereas time
depends on adhyasa which is co-terminus with jnana abhava. These should not
be taken as events in time but rather as incorrect perceptions including
time..

//As you know the prior non-existence of any entity is not accepted in
siddhAnta, since satkAryavAda is adopted atleast provisionally.//
Sorry, I don't get this. Perhaps a typo (not). But, what is the entity that
we are referring to when we say prak-abhava. Is there an assumption of
avidya as a positive something that exists in time?

Regards, michael

On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 8:51 AM Raghav Kumar D wivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Michael
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> SSSS ji says in SugamA as mentioned by Sudhanshu ji
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>  तर्हि कतमोऽयं ज्ञानाभाव इति चेत् । प्रागभाव एवास्तु ।
> (Translation - In that case, *which type* is this jnAna-abhAva ?  (Answer)
> It is prAk-abhAva, prior non-existence. )
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> As you know the prior non-existence of any entity is not accepted in
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> Om
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> https://adhyatmaprakasha.org/php/bookreader/templates/book.php?type=sanskrit&book_id=008&pagenum=0001#page/45/mode/1up
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> On Sun, 15 Sept, 2024, 3:32 pm Michael Chandra Cohen via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> > Mimamsa speaks of 4 kinds of abhava - prior, subsequent, mutual and
> > absolute. Aren't these all material abhava-s?  When SSSSji refers to
> > abhavarupa avidya, which abhava is he referring to?
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