Pratyabhijna and Shankara鈥檚 Advaita (comparative study)
by Ranjni M. | 2013 | 54,094 words
This page relates 鈥楾he concept of Omniscience (Sarvajnata)鈥� of study dealing with Pratyabhijna and Shankara鈥檚 Advaita. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of two non-dualistic philosophies, Pratyabhijna from Kashmir and Shankara鈥檚 Advaita Vedanta from Kerala, highlighting their socio-cultural backgrounds and philosophical similarities..
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2.6. The concept of Omniscience (Sarvaj帽at膩)
The omniscience is the very nature of Brahman and 笔补谤补尘补艣颈惫补. In both systems main argument for this omniscience is based on the conception of a creator of the vast and wonderful world. Utpala emphasizes on the omniscient nature of 笔补谤补尘补艣颈惫补 and he says that being the manifestations of the Omniscient Subject, all are omniscient and subjects as they have the capacity for creating and knowing objects.[1] According to 笔谤补迟测补产丑颈箩帽腻 闯帽腻苍补 (knowledge) and Kriya (action) are the very natures of sentiency of living beings. The knowledge is self-established.[2] 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲蝉 also profusely proclaim the omniscience of the Brahman.
It said that Brahman is all-knowing and whose austerity is of the nature of knowledge:
测补岣� 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补岣� sarvavidyasya 箩帽腻苍补尘补测补峁� 迟补辫补岣� |[3]
艢补峁卥补谤补 also has highlighted and reasonably established the omniscience of Brahman in his 叠丑腻峁补蝉.[4]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ap奴rv膩rthanirm膩峁嘺j帽膩nas膩marthy膩t ca vikalpa eva sarvasya 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补迟惫补峁� sarvakart峁泃va峁� ca sphu峁璦m | 莫艣惫补谤补辫谤补迟测补产丑颈箩帽腻办腻谤颈办腻-惫峁泃迟颈, 1.6.11.
[2]:
箩帽腻苍补峁� 办谤颈测腻 ca bh奴t膩n膩峁� j墨vat膩峁� 箩墨惫补苍补峁� matam | tatra 箩帽腻苍补峁� svata岣iddham | 莫艣惫补谤补辫谤补迟测补产丑颈箩帽腻-办腻谤颈办腻, 1.1.5-6.
[3]:
惭耻峁囜笉补办辞辫补苍颈峁诲, 1.1.9.
[4]:
yattu brahma峁噊 vi箩帽腻苍补峁� 鈥�. na tatk膩ra峁嚹乶tarasavyapek峁m | nityasvar奴patv膩t sarvabh膩v膩n膩峁� ca ten膩vibhakta-de艣ak膩latv膩tk膩l膩k膩艣膩dik膩ra峁嘺tv膩cca nirati艣ayas奴k峁atv膩cca | na tasy膩nyadavij帽eya峁� 蝉奴办峁补峁� 惫测补惫补丑颈迟补峁� 惫颈辫谤补办峁涐梗峁璦峁� 产丑奴迟补峁� bhavadbhavi峁adv膩sti | tasm膩t蝉补谤惫补箩帽补峁� tadbrahma | Taittir墨yopani峁d-艣腻峁卥补谤补-产丑腻峁补, 2.1.1; asti t膩vadbrahma nitya艣uddhabuddhamuktasvabh膩va峁�, 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补峁� 蝉补谤惫补艣补办迟颈samanvitam | 叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补-艣腻峁卥补谤补-产丑腻峁补, 1.1.1; 鈥�. sarvaj帽asvar奴pa鈥�. | 叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补-艣腻峁卥补谤补-产丑腻峁补, 1.1.2;.鈥� sarvaj帽膩danyata岣� 鈥�. | 叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补-艣腻峁卥补谤补-产丑腻峁补, 1.1.3; tadbrahma 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补峁� 蝉补谤惫补艣补办迟颈 jagadutpattisthitilayak膩ra峁嘺m | 叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补-艣腻峁卥补谤补-产丑腻峁补, 1.1.4.