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Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.23

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.23

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c8.s5.23

The Advaitin does not describe *sattva* (being) as the negation of *asattva* (not being). Therefore there is no contradiction. *Sattva* is the quality of not being cancelled (*abādhitatva*) and *asattva* is the character of not being present in any locus.