[Advaita-l] [advaitin] what is abhava?

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

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> Namaste Raghav ji.

//In other words,  experiencing the "atyantAbhAva of snake " ==
experiencing the "rope"//

True.

//Btw, How does this work in the case of a vikalpa (tucchaM entity)  like
the horns of a hare. The adhikaraNam is just the mind there which is
sAxi-vedya?//

Tuchchha is nihswarUpa. There is no vastu corresponding to vikalpa-vritti.
There is no adhikaraNa of tuchchha.

atyanta-abhAva is an abhAva which has avidyA as upAdAna.

Tuchchha would not qualify as atyanta-abhAva. It is asat i.e. tuchchha and
does not have mAyA as upAdAna.

Second, atyanta-abhAva is different from adhikaraNa.
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> i.e., the atyanta-abhAva of snake is not just the rope.
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There is abhAva of pot on ground. The pot-abhAva is different from ground.

In case of illusory snake, since the atyanata-abhAva is not pAramArthika,
we are at liberty to take it as either rope or as another mithyA entity
different from rope. Depending on whether we take abhAva as adhikaraNa
swarUpa or not.


You mean, even in the second view, when in the case of jagat taken as a
>> whole,  entire jagat is sublated as mithyA, then only adhikaraNa svarUpa
>> brahman remains as the truth.
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Jagat-abhAva is identical to Brahman. It will not be another mithyA entity
because jagat-abhAva is pAramArthika-abhAva.

But (as per what you wrote), in the vyAvahArika examples of atyantAbhAva,
> some "apparent" level of reality is allowed for the snake. Is that what you
> meant by the "second view".
>

My examples were primarily of vyAvhArika abhAva, such as pot-abhAva. The
kind of atyanta-abhAva wherein differential-sattAka-objects are involved is
generally not provided as example. So, I am presenting my own understanding
which is subject to correction if proved wrong.

So, pot-abhAva is ground in one view. In other view, it is a
mithyA-entity-different-from-ground.

In case of illusory snake-rope, it would be rope in one view. In another
view, it would a mithyA-entity-different-from-rope. (I will apply mind on
this issue and get back. This is what my present understanding says.)

Please check Tattva-anusandhAna page 259 onwards:
https://archive.org/details/yqiG_tattva-anusandhanam-with-advaita-chinta-kaustubam-of-sri-mahadevananda-saraswati/page/n294/mode/1up
)

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.