I was waiting for Prof. Deshpande to weigh in! Thanks! Yours, AV.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:04 AM Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Ideas of divine origin of speech go back to the R̥gveda: > > देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति | > सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुप सुष्टुतैतु || ऋग्वेद > 08.100.11. > > I am attaching an old article of mine surveying the Vedic ideas and ideas > about the Vedas. Best, > > Madhav > > Madhav M. Deshpande > Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA > Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies > Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India > > [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 1:57 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am now traveling and cannot look up references, but as I recall, one of >> the arguments that emerged in Nyāya theology held that the existence of the >> Lord is proven because language requires a divine originator to stipulate >> the original conventions. >> >> Matthew Kapstein >> EPHE, Paris >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Buchta, David via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2022 5:52:15 PM >> *To:* Gruenendahl, Reinhold <[email protected]>; Indology < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Divine origin of Sanskrit >> >> Hi again, >> >> A further thought: Jīva Gosvāmin (16th c), at the opening of his >> Harināmāmṛtavyākaraṇa, says "nārāyaṇād udbhūto'yaṃ varṇakramaḥ." I have >> long suspected that he intended to imply a contrast between the "ordinary" >> sequence of sounds, which he says comes from Nārāyaṇa, and the sequence >> presented by Pāṇini, which of course gets attributed to Śiva. Again, I can >> dig up PDFs of a few editions of Jīva's work if needed. >> -- >> David Buchta, PhD >> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit >> Department of Classics >> Brown University >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:26 AM Johannes Bronkhorst < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> I also would be happy (and surprised) to see references to a divine >> origin of Sanskrit. It is true that Sanskrit is *daivī vāk* (Bhartṛhari) >> “divine language” or “language of the gods”, but this does not mean that is >> has a divine origin. In Brahmanical circles, at least since Kātyāyana and >> Patañjali, Sanskrit is eternal and has no origin at all. >> >> Johannes Bronkhorst >> >> >> >> On 27 Jul 2022, at 13:36, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> George Cardona has a 1990 paper, "On Attitudes Towards Language in >> Ancient India" that might be helpful. It was published as #15 of the >> Sino-Platonic Papers from the Department of Oriental Studies at UPenn. I >> can dig up a PDF as needed. >> >> Best, >> Dave >> -- >> David Buchta, PhD >> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit >> Department of Classics >> Brown University >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:08 AM Gruenendahl, Reinhold < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear list members, >> >> I would be very grateful for any references to the concept of a divine >> origin of Sanskrit in primary and/or secondary literature. >> >> >> With thanks in advance >> >> and best wishes >> >> Reinhold Grünendahl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- *Ananya Vajpeyi* https://www.csds.in/ananya_vajpeyi
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