'Burning Glasses' in Ancient India, another question

cejka at praha1.ff.cuni.cz cejka at praha1.ff.cuni.cz
Fri Apr 28 16:08:03 UTC 1995


> 
> The model of a clear crystal or jewel that reflects something coloured
> (e.g. a red flower) is widely used in Advaitin texts to illustrate various
> theses of the school, including the crucial epistemological notion of
> superimposition (adhyasa).
> 
> 
> email: R.W.Perrett at massey.ac.nz
> 

If I am not mistaken, the same appears in Vyasa's commentary to Patanjali's
Yogasutra (or even in the sutra itself - do not remember) Somewhere in the
first adhyaya.


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