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>The Atma is self-effulgent, in the form of knowledge (caitanya swaruupa) and ever illumined by it. How is it possible to say that though Atma is self-illumined, his many attributes are covered?
The Atma is not covered for the Atma, for the Atma His light is always shining, those who cover the Atma are like the blind who cannot see the light of the sun, though it is there right in front of their face. The Jiva is the one who covers the reality of the Atma, but the Atma is unaffected by this. The mind of the Jiva is endowed with activity merely by the presence of the Atma's luminescent awareness, which as the indwelling Self animates it, all the while that same Atma in that Jiva remaining completely non-different in every way (i.e. not as a part of a greater whole, but the same undivided whole itself) from the Atma everywhere else in the universe and inside all other Jivas; all bondage, multiplicity, agentship, difference, divison etc all being false conceptions of the Jiva being imposed onto the omnipresent Atma which illuminates them all alike as the invisible sun, the same undivided absolutely unlimited and eternally free entity everywhere.

>According to Advaita, Atma is embodiment of knowledge (caitanya swarauupa) but has no attributes (nirguNa); self does not have any attributes and qualities. It is the pure self with out any taint. Because it is self-luminous and hence is always known.
Self-revealing or self-manifesting knowledge is more accurate, but yes
>What is the role of Ajnaana when there are no attributes and qualities in the self? What object is there that Ajnaana can covers?
Ajnana, or Avidya, (same thing), are something the Jiva experiences, not the Atma, so this question has no meaning because its asking the question of the Atma and not of the Jiva. The Jiva under the influence of the beginningless avidya due to its status as a Jiva (i.e. more broadly due to it being within maya) superimposes doership, enjoyership etc onto the Atma, and also on an empirical level superimposes optical illusions onto things within the physical world within maya.

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