The Nullity of Nescience: G. R. Malkani’s Contemporary Formulation of Advaita

• DOI: 10.1007/s11407-024-09379-0
• Publication Date: 2025-01-31T13:40:36Z
• Authors: Ankur Barua
• Keywords: Optimal distinctiveness theory; Notional amount; Proposition; Duality (order theory); Ignorance; Argument (complex analysis); Articulation (sociology)

Abstract This article is a conceptual exploration of central argument developed by Ghanshamdas Rattanmal Malkani (1892–1977) to indicate that ignorance ( ajñāna ) does not have any nature and it should be invested with measure or degree substantiality. In his writings in English, we find contemporary way working through some the key problems appear on premodern Advaita exegetical landscapes. One aspect distinctiveness Malkani’s hermeneutic style that, generally speaking, he directly engage with, even name, commentators from these traditions. first three sections this article, will outline different exegetes—from Sureśvara c . 800) Prakāśānanda 1600)—grapple discussion lead us, subsequent sections, an articulation non-duality between one many. view has presented terms utter absence all traces duality—material as well notional—is resonant similar claims own Svāmī Satchidānandendra Sarasvatī (1880–1975).