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

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

Should not the vivaraNa quote by you be understood as first sdyAsa in terms
of understanding, and not in terms of time. In words should not the
Atma-anAtma adhyAsa, termed naisargika in the adhyAsa bhAshya be understood
as anAdi, and not sAdi as stated by you.

Regards

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji.
>
> Which one is anAdi ; adhyAsa or avidyA ? cause or effect ? Or can both be
>> anAdi?.
>>
>> In gold-ornaments illustration, both gold and ornament are sAdi ( have a
>> beginning ).
>>
>
> 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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