प्रच्छन्न-तार्किकाः

आक्षेपः

Source: TW

आस्तिक भी दो प्रकार के हैं ( १ ) सगुण आत्मवादी ( २ ) निर्गुण आत्मवादी | ( १ ) सगुण आत्मवादी भी दो प्रकार के हैं - (क) तार्किक, (ख) श्रोत । तार्किक भी दो प्रकार के हैं- (१) प्रच्छन्न तार्किक, (२) स्पष्ट तार्किक । १- प्रच्छन्न तार्किक भी दो प्रकार के है- (१) प्रच्छन्नद्वैत (२) स्पष्टद्वैत, रामानुज दर्शन प्रच्छन्न द्वैत है तो माध्वदर्शन स्पष्ट द्वैत ।

एवं सर्वदर्शनसङ्ग्रहे ऽपि।

प्रत्याख्यानम्

Why would being a tArkika or a dvaitin be an insult for a vaidika? vedAnta-deshika’s frequently used praise-shloka goes “कवितार्किकसिंहाय …”, while another goes “कवितार्किककेसरिः”.

Neither is advaitin an insult by itself. These terms just describe their approach to the pramANa and prameya.

I suppose that among the shAnkara-s (whose philosophy has so many unanswerable logical holes), tArkika-s strike terror - so that just naming the opponents “tArkika” is a dignified way for them to accept their illogicality. (One may compare the use of “brahmavAdin” and “tIrthaka” from the view of the bauddha-s - who are not anti-logic.)

It is best to lay aside all these notions of pride and insult, and accept descriptive attributes if they fit the philosophy. So, an advaitin should say “we are buddhist-adjascent” and so on.

If such labelling is a result of and accompanied by insightful and deep analysis, it’s useful for those interested in clarity and the truth.