The Rope and the Snake: A Metaphorical Exploration of Advaita Vedānta
The Rope And The Snake Is One Of The Popular Metaphors Employed In The Pedagogical And Didactic Expositions Of Advaita Vedanta. This Sustained And Extended Study Argues That The Metaphor Is Only A Good Starting Point In Explaining Advaita Vedanta. It Further Explores The Utility, Versatility And Occasional Inapplicability Of The Metaphor In The Study Of Advaita.
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The RopeSnake Metaphor
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The RopeSnake Metaphor in Early Advaita
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The RopeSnake Metaphor in the Interface
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absolute according Advaita Vedānta Advaitin ajñāna ākāśa anyathākhyāti apprehension arise asat Atman avidyā Balasubramaniam Bhattacharyya Brahman Buddhism causation cause context contradiction cosmic creation Deutsch and J.A.B. Dhirendramohan Datta disappears doctrine dream duality Eliot Deutsch emphasis added empirical Essentials of Indian eternal example existence experience explain fact false Heinrich Zimmer Hindu Hiriyanna Ibid ignorance illusion illusory object illustrate Indian Philosophy individual Isvara J.A.B. van Buitenen jīva Karl H knowledge known manifest Māyā Mīmāmsā mind mirage mistaken mistakes a rope mithyā nature non-dual non-existent not-self P.T. Raju Padmapāda perceived perception Potter prātibhāsika present pure consciousness Ramaņa Rāmānuja reality realization relation rope rope appears rope-snake analogy rope-snake metaphor saṁsāra Śankara Sarasvathi Satishchandra Chatterjee scripture seen sense serpent snake snake metaphor śruti statement sublated substratum superimposed superimposition Surendranath Dasgupta Sureśvara theory of error thing transmigration true truth universe unreal Veda Vijñānavāda vyāvahārika waking Yogācāra