• DOI:10.1007/S10781-014-9231-X
• Corpus ID: 171076332

Reading Non-Dualism in Śivādvaita Vedānta: An Argument from the Śivādvaitanirṇaya in Light of the Śivārkamaṇidīpikā

@article{Duquette2016ReadingNI,
  title={Reading Non-Dualism in Śivādvaita Vedānta: 
An Argument from the Śivādvaitanirṇaya 
in Light of the Śivārkamaṇidīpikā},
  author={Jonathan Duquette},
  journal={Journal of Indian Philosophy},
  year={2016},
  volume={44},
  pages={67-79}
}

• Jonathan Duquette
• Published 1 March 2016
• Linguistics
• Journal of Indian Philosophy

This article examines Appaya Dīkṣita’s intellectual affiliation to Śivādvaita Vedānta in light of his well-known commitment to Advaita Vedānta. Attention will be given to his Śivādvaitanirṇaya, a short work expounding the nature of the Śivādvaita doctrine taught by Śrīkaṇṭha in his Śaiva-leaning commentary on the Brahmasūtra. It will be shown how Appaya strategically interprets Śrīkaṇṭha’s views on the relationship between Śiva (i.e., Brahman), its power of consciousness (cicchakti) and the individual self (jīva), along the lines of pure non-dualism (śuddhādvaita). In this context, the hermeneutical role of the daharavidyā doctrine will be considered with reference to Appaya’s Śivādvaita magnum opus, the Śivārkamaṇidīpikā.