Dear Harry, my old article in the JIPh might be of some interest to you. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0i0lbqfcr3z1xt1g0um/Torella.Dev-uv-ca-or-the-Theology-of-the-Perfect-Tense.pdf?rlkey=catgdab68vglyjrxmxgt0keir&dl=0
Cari saluti Raffaele > Il giorno 1 ott 2023, alle ore 01:23, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Dear list members, > I've wondered for a long time how is the appearance of anonymous post vedic > revealed literature explained within the traditions. > > By that I mean.for example with the tantric literature. We have tantric > texts that are dialogues between a god and his goddess usually starting with > some statement like: "The God said" or "The goddess asked" etc. and my > understanding is that tantric texts like this have been appearing for over > a thousand years. > > Of course we explain them simply that such and such a text was written by a > person or persons unknown at around such and such a date. But how do the > traditions themselves explain this. I.e all of a sudden a written text that > was unknown before with the words of a god written down usually beginnning > with some statement like:śrīdevyuvāca or īśvara uvāca suddenly appeared in > our world. And this happened with all this kind of revealed literature.. Do > any of the texts ever say anything aboutt how and why the text will be > revealed in the world of men or do the commentators ever say how the text > came to be known in the world of men.. > > Thanks, > Harry Spier > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology Prof. Raffaele Torella Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit Sapienza University of Rome www.academia.edu/raffaeletorella -- **Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori* **con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza *Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*
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