>  māyāvāda indeed does not to belong to the many vādas alluded to by Śaṅkara himself, and especially

 to those by which he refers to his own teaching (veda-, vedānta-, brahma-, ātma-vāda). As pointed out by Paul Hacker, 

Śaṅkara has no specific theory of māyā (at least in the Brahmasūtrabhāṣya), but mostly uses the term in similes (much like the Buddhists).

--- Not to contradict the view " Śaṅkara has no specific theory of māyā" , but just to remember occasions where he gives meaning of the word, resorting to his favourite etymological approach, picking up from my father (Sitaramanjaneyulu Paturi)'s notes to his Telugu commentary on Viveka Chudamani,

अक्षरः - भगवन्मायाशक्तिः - क्षराख्यस्य ( वैराजस्य ) पुरुषस्य उत्पत्तिबीजम् - अनेक्संसारिजन्तुकामकर्मादिसंस्काराश्रयः ( गीताभाष्य -15 अध्यायः ) 

मायाभिः - इंद्रियप्रज्ञाभिः - अविद्यारूपाभिः ( भाष्य गौडपादकारिका  - अद्वैतप्रकरण कारिका 2) 

He seems to have taken माङ् - माने as the dhaatu for माया . In words such as निर्माण it has meanings related to  उत्पत्तिबीजम् ,  कर्मादि . as in गीताभाष्य above. 

In words such as प्रमाण, it has meanings related to  प्रज्ञा ,  विद्या  as in गौडपादकारिकाभाष्य above.  

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 6:03 AM Eltschinger, Vincent via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

māyāvāda indeed does not to belong to the many vādas alluded to by Śaṅkara himself, and especially to those by which he refers to his own teaching (veda-, vedānta-, brahma-, ātma-vāda). As pointed out by Paul Hacker, Śaṅkara has no specific theory of māyā (at least in the Brahmasūtrabhāṣya), but mostly uses the term in similes (much like the Buddhists).

See Hacker’s short but illuminating remarks in his groundbreaking “Eigentümlichkeiten der Lehre und Terminologie Śaṅkaras: Avidyā, Nāmarūpa, Māyā, Īśvara” (Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 100, 1950, 246-286), pp. 268 ff.

With kind regards,

Vincent

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Von: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> im Auftrag von Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. April 2020 02:00:48
An: Dean Michael Anderson; Indology List; Harsha Dehejia; Madhav Deshpande
Betreff: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mayavada (was Lines to an Advaitin)

 

Dear Dean,

The term was used first, for all we know, by Bhaskara, in a pejorative sense. Hajime Nakamura’s first volume of his History of Early Vedanta Philosophy is a good source on this. 

Best wishes,

Aleksandar 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 7:38:14 PM
To: Indology List <indology@list.indology.info>; Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia@hotmail.com>; Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu>
Subject: [INDOLOGY] Mayavada (was Lines to an Advaitin)

 

I notice that this post uses the term 'mayavada' in referring to Advaitins. This is appropriate in this context I suppose because it is offering an alternative perspective to Advaita.

But some of the Advaitins I have spoken to say that that is a term coined by their opponents and that it is inaccurate, even if it has been adopted by some ill-informed Advaitins to refer to themselves and become part of the popular speech. These Advaitins say that the emphasis should be on 'avidya' or 'mithya' rather than 'maya'.

I wonder if anyone has any comments about this or could point me to some publications that discuss it.

Note: I am interested in the scholarly discussion of these terms and the associated concepts, not in a discussion about which is the supreme realization. :-)

Best,

Dean

Harsha Dehejia via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Friends:Inspired by Madhav Deshpande and with a long history of my polite confrontations with Advaitins I propose to write 100 lines.I am a staunch Krishna rasika. Writing in English deprives my lines of the majesty of Sanskrit. However what English lacks in the melody and rhythms of Sanskrit it will hopefully make up in its rasa.Wait O! Advaitin, before I accept your mayavadaLet me tarry a bit and enjoy the lotus face of Krishna.Kind regards,HarshaProf. Harsha V. Dehejia

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