Samanadhikaranya
सामानाधिकरण्य sāmānādhikaraṇya'Coordinate predication.' A rule of Sanskrit interpretation in which two different terms refer to one and the same locus through different aspects, as in 'the blue lotus.' Ramanuja uses it to read tat tvam asi: 'that' and 'thou' name the one Lord as world-cause and as inner Self, preserving both oneness and distinction.
Where this term appears
- Tat tvam asi: three readings Philosophy
He offers a different rule of reading, and it is the heart of his system: samanadhikaranya , coordinate predication.
- Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita: The Three Vedantas Philosophy
He reads tat tvam asi through sāmānādhikaraṇya , "co-reference": "that" and "thou" do point to one reality, exactly as the identity-texts insist — but as the ground and its inseparable mode, God and God's own e…