[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Request for Review: 21 Foundational Axioms of Advaita Siddhānta

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Chandramouli ji.

Which one is anAdi ; adhyAsa or avidyA ? cause or effect ? Or can both be
> anAdi?.
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> In gold-ornaments illustration, both gold and ornament are sAdi ( have a
> beginning ).
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There are two types of adhyAsa. One, anAdi-adhyAsa and second sAdi-adhyAsa.

adhyAsa of ajnAna in AtmA is referred as ajnAna-adhyAsa. This is anAdi.

Other adhyAsAs are sAdi-adhyAsa. They are also referred to as
कादाचित्क-अध्यास. aham-adhyAsa is first such sAdi-adhyAsa.

Reference from VivaraNa:

निष्कलङ्कचैतन्यैकताने निरंशानन्दैकरसे अज्ञानादिसाक्षिणि *अनादिसिद्धेऽपि
अज्ञानाध्यासे*, *कादाचित्कमध्यासमाश्रित्य* आह--अहमिति तावत् प्रथमोऽध्यासः
इति।।

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

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