[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: avidyA is adhyasta (superimposed) in AtmA

[Jaishankar Narayanan]

Namaste,

Bhashyakara by saying mulAvidya is tAmasa has clearly pointed out that it
is upAdAna as the triguna - sattva, rajas and tamas are dravya as per
Sankhya terminology. Many people are confused because Guna is generally
translated as quality in keeping with Nyaya-Vaisheshika but when triguna is
translated as qualities of prakriti it is wrong. Triguna are actually
constituents of prakriti and are dravya.

With love and prayers,
Jaishankar

On Thu, 30 Jan, 2025, 5:03 pm Sudhanshu Shekhar, <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
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> Hare Krishna Bhaskar prabhu
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The AvaraNa is avidyA, what we call as mUla-avidyA. तामसो हि प्रत्ययः,
> आवरणात्मकत्वात् अविद्या विपरीतग्राहकः, संशयोपस्थापको वा, अग्रहणात्मको वा.
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