LalithA SahasranAma [402] vidyAvidyAsvarUpini

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vidyAvidyAsvarUpini : In the form of knowledge and ignorance.

 

VidyA and avidyA are explained in the IsA. Up., !! :"One who

simultaneously knows both knowledge and ignorance having crossed

over death by ignorance attains immortality by knowledge."

 

Or, VidyA, knowledge of the Self, avidyA, the knowledge in the form

o fthe last modification [of duality, ie. Just before realization].

The Br. Naradiya Pr. Says, The supreme Sakti of the Visnu, capable

of absorbing the universe, in the form of existence and non-

existence, is sun gby vidyA and avidyA. "The De. Bhag. Pr also,

"She is Brahman himself very difficult to attain and in the form of

vidyA and avidyA." In another place, "O king, know, that vidyA and

avidyA are two forms of Devi; by one men are freed, by the other

they are bound."

 

Or VidyA, the knowledge in the form of the last modification of

duality or of the false knowledge [caramavrtti]. AvidyA, confused

knowlede of separateness; sva, the knowledge belonging to supreme

Brahman; because according to one lexicography, "sva means,

relations and Self "; rUpa, these three are her form. The Linga

Pr says, "Siva has three forms, bhrAnti, vidyA and parA. The

knowledge of different objects is called bharAnti [confused] by the

learned. Knowledge in the form of Self, is called vidyA. Knowledge

concerning Brahman without ambiguity is called parA [supreme ]."

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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does not this name simply say that she is both knowledge and ignorance - an

example of the duality of things, thereby indicating that she is everything?

Is this name not indicative of unity of things that is non-duality? Is the name

not saying that everything is her and she is everything?

 

NMadasamy <nmadasamy wrote:

vidyAvidyAsvarUpini : In the form of knowledge and ignorance.

 

VidyA and avidyA are explained in the IsA. Up., !! :"One who

simultaneously knows both knowledge and ignorance having crossed

over death by ignorance attains immortality by knowledge."

 

Or, VidyA, knowledge of the Self, avidyA, the knowledge in the form

o fthe last modification [of duality, ie. Just before realization].

The Br. Naradiya Pr. Says, The supreme Sakti of the Visnu, capable

of absorbing the universe, in the form of existence and non-

existence, is sun gby vidyA and avidyA. "The De. Bhag. Pr also,

"She is Brahman himself very difficult to attain and in the form of

vidyA and avidyA." In another place, "O king, know, that vidyA and

avidyA are two forms of Devi; by one men are freed, by the other

they are bound."

 

Or VidyA, the knowledge in the form of the last modification of

duality or of the false knowledge [caramavrtti]. AvidyA, confused

knowlede of separateness; sva, the knowledge belonging to supreme

Brahman; because according to one lexicography, "sva means,

relations and Self "; rUpa, these three are her form. The Linga

Pr says, "Siva has three forms, bhrAnti, vidyA and parA. The

knowledge of different objects is called bharAnti [confused] by the

learned. Knowledge in the form of Self, is called vidyA. Knowledge

concerning Brahman without ambiguity is called parA [supreme ]."

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for that, Kochu ;-)

 

Dr. S adds "VidyAvidyA-svarUpinI [means] 'both knowledge and

ignorance'; cf. avidyayA mrtyum tIrtvA vidyayA amrtamasnute -- 'having

overcome death with avidyA, with vidA is immortality attained.' (Isa

Upanisad, 11)

 

VidyA is the upward movement of Consciousness toward liberation or

realization of the ultimate, which is Herself.

 

AvidyA is Her power as creative energy, i.e. Viksepa-Sakti, which

produces diversity (i.e., vividhAkArA [Name 401]); svarUpini means

Atma-JNAna. She is all of these three powers of Consciousness. AvidyA

binds the JIva, and vidyA liberates him."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commenary, 1962

 

 

 

, sankara menon <kochu1tz>

wrote:

> does not this name simply say that she is both knowledge and

ignorance - an example of the duality of things, thereby indicating

that she is everything?

> Is this name not indicative of unity of things that is non-duality?

Is the name not saying that everything is her and she is everything?

>

> NMadasamy <nmadasamy@s...> wrote:

> vidyAvidyAsvarUpini : In the form of knowledge and ignorance.