A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Adravya
This page describes Adravya which is located on page 36 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Adravya” according to 15 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
There are some Madhvas who hold that there is both difference and identity, and that even with careful observation the dravya and the adravya cannot be distinguished, and therefore no distinction can be made between dravya and adravya as the Ramanujas make. To this Parakala Yati replies that the rule that determines the reality of anything must be based upon the principle of non-contradiction and then unconditional invariability....
Read full contents: Part 5 - Ramanuja and Madhva
Siddhanta Sangraha of Sri Sailacharya [by E. Sowmya Narayanan]
The tattva is two fold namely, substance (dravya) and non-substance (adravya). Of these the substance is the substratum of a specific state (avastha) while the non-substance is not so. 4. An avastha is that which is impermanent in that substance and at the same time is inseparable from it....
Read full contents: Chapter 1 - The Classification of the Categories
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika [by V. Sujata Raju]
A quality (guna) which is non-substance (adravya) cannot be independently the cause of anything. The selves (beings) are neither substance nor something other than substance (like guna). Therefore, they (jivas/ beings) cannot be the effect or cause of anything. In this karika, Shankara interprets the word dharmah as atmans (jivas). In the karika 54 the word ‘dharmas is used in the sense of entities or external objects or appearances....
Read full contents: False adherence to the notion of causality
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