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Title: | The Knowledge of the Absent Entity in Advaita Vedanta |
Authors: | Post, Howard Kenneth |
Advisor: | Arapura, J. G. |
Department: | Religious Studies |
Keywords: | Religion;Religion |
Publication Date: | Jun-1971 |
Abstract: | <p>What doesn't exist, be it knowledge, the deceased, or an object, is of concern to us. By tracing the position of non-existent things trough some of the Śaṅkarite literature, the explanation of their occurrence and acknowledgement is uncovered. Non-existent things in general are seen to be absent. Under this analysis of absence all non-existent things may be subsumed by the character of being-away. Advaita Vādanta explains that absent objects are known by a unique means of knowledge. They are attended to as positive entities by non-apprehension. Ignorance and the solution to problems are known by other means even though they have an equally absent character.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10768 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/5792 6813 2141993 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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