Jalpa Grantha of Advaita Vedanta(2)
#तत्वप्रदीपिका or #प्रत्यकतत्वदीपिका of Chitsukhacharya.
The 2nd book of बृहत् प्रस्थानत्रयी.
#तत्वप्रदीपिका or #प्रत्यकतत्वदीपिका of Chitsukhacharya.
The 2nd book of बृहत् प्रस्थानत्रयी.
What is Jalpa? Among three modes of debate Jalpa is defined as "यथोक्तोपपन्नः छलजातिनिग्रहस्थानसाधनोपालम्भः जल्पः"(NS 1.2.2)
The use of छल, जाति, निग्रहस्थान accordingly for one's victory is called जल्प.
The use of छल, जाति, निग्रहस्थान accordingly for one's victory is called जल्प.
This book was written by Chitsukhacharya (13th century) that's why it is also known as "चित्सुखी". Chitsukhi is written in the form of Brahmsutra,in 4 parts. The Refutation of Udayanacharya, Prabhakar and others are done.,
First part talks about 'Darkness being a thing' instead of just 'absense of light', Adhyasa,Bhrama, Non Duality, Self-evidence, अपौरुषेयत्व of the Vedas.
2nd part deals with the refutation of Nyaya and Vaisheshika. While Refuting Vasesika Philosophy Chitsukha says:- ✨ The words of प्रशस्तपाद(The वैशेषिक भाष्यकार writer of Padārtha-dharma-saṅgraha) are not the words of manu from which Gunas can be considered as निर्गुण" ✨
Glorious acharyas who were able to refute toughest arguments had such respect for manu. But hindus today who can't even refute 0 level argument such as "I can't see God,where is he,He doesn't exist"! They abuse our ancestors from manu to other mahrshis.
3rd and fourth parts are related to ज्ञान and मोक्ष. The flow of text is very lucid. All the possible theories of Purvapaksha are taken and then they are refuted using Tarka
Acharya also created a Sankara Digivjaya whose parts are found here and there. He has other granthas as "Vyakhya on vishnu puran{quoted by #श्रीधरस्वामी} , Vyakhya on Bhagvatam.
All these acharyas did the Refutation of Dualistic philosophies in the beginning of Mediaeval period. Then this hearted debate was shifted to "Vedantins vs Vedantins" instead from Vedanti vs Logicians and it became more intense.
The legendary books were written in the strong Refutation of Advaita philosophy such as "वादावली" of Jayatirtha, "न्यायामृत" ❗of Vyasatirtha, "शतदूषणी" of Vedant desikar.
Which resulted into the famous Dwaita-Advaita debate and 3rd book of बृहत् प्रस्थानत्रयी
Which resulted into the famous Dwaita-Advaita debate and 3rd book of बृहत् प्रस्थानत्रयी
The story of third book 📖 is very interesting. I will write about it tomorrow.
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