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out what he considered a strong case against
Sankara should at the same time say of his so-
called apriori impression regarding this conclud-
ing section and sutra that "it could hardly be
appealed to as decisive." We ask, why does he
put it forward at all as an argument against
Sankara? Dr. Thibaut then proceeds to a detailed
consideration of the two adhikaranas (viz., iv. 2,
12-14, & iv. 4, 1-7) which Sankara, according
to him, detaches from the rest of these last three
padas of the work and regards as describing the
state of him who, before his death, had risen to
the knowledge of the highest or unconditioned
Brahman.
As regards Dr. Thibaut's argument that
the Upasamhara (whether we take the concluding
padas or the concluding sutra) does not refer to
the realisation of the unconditioned Brahman,--
the reply is that the Advaita system attaches
more importance to the Upakrama--the part
which introduces the topic of a section-than to
the
upasamhara or conclusion. If the
upasamhara also refers to the same topic, it adds
to the strength of our conviction regarding the
import of the whole section. But when the
out what he considered a strong case against
Sankara should at the same time say of his so-
called apriori impression regarding this conclud-
ing section and sutra that "it could hardly be
appealed to as decisive." We ask, why does he
put it forward at all as an argument against
Sankara? Dr. Thibaut then proceeds to a detailed
consideration of the two adhikaranas (viz., iv. 2,
12-14, & iv. 4, 1-7) which Sankara, according
to him, detaches from the rest of these last three
padas of the work and regards as describing the
state of him who, before his death, had risen to
the knowledge of the highest or unconditioned
Brahman.
As regards Dr. Thibaut's argument that
the Upasamhara (whether we take the concluding
padas or the concluding sutra) does not refer to
the realisation of the unconditioned Brahman,--
the reply is that the Advaita system attaches
more importance to the Upakrama--the part
which introduces the topic of a section-than to
the
upasamhara or conclusion. If the
upasamhara also refers to the same topic, it adds
to the strength of our conviction regarding the
import of the whole section. But when the