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DRSTISRSTIVĀDA-AN ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL
APPRAISAL
Ram Murti Sharma
(A study of Advantic viewpoint regarding the dual worldly creation, at very well elaborated concept of post- Sankara period) significantly the VIEW'S to be taken to consideration are :
(i) Thai Prah Sananci, post- Sarıkara Advaitin, understands by Druzsivut, that creation is dependent to perception,
(11) l'hist scholaus like SN Das Gupta & Hiriyanna find that Drstisrstida is not all old concept and that it has never been admitted nay Sankara
(111) That it is much similar io the Vijñānavāda Buddhism enunciated by Visubiundu and Darmakniti and that it is a solicist's view.
L 'That there is a contradiction in Sankara's philosophy regarding the fact that it one place, in the Māndükyakariká bhāsya, Sankara lihens the c entences of the waking state to that of dream state and
nother place in his Brahmasutrabhâsya le maintains that the experi. ence of the waking world can never be parallel to the experiences of the die State
(v) That Distisistividais parallel to the Abhāsavāda of Suresvarācirya, il prominent pupil of Sakarācārya
Now let us first ponder our attention on the meaning and philosophical significance of the concept Drstisșstivāda.
To pech about the background of the concept, it can be said that "Brahman is the ultimate reality and the world is an illusion", is the main these and advocacy of the scholars of Advaita Vedanta. To prove further their thesis and to explain the status of world appearance, the tenets like Abhinavāda, Avacchedavāda, Pratibimbavada, Adhyāsavāda, Drafisalivadla and Srsticirstivāca have been taken in view by the Advai. lic scholars. The basic structure of Drs isrstivāda is as old as the Upani.
Samhodhi Vol XIT. 1
