Dear Harry, Although the focus here is on Buddhism, in and beyond India, some of the talks in this series speak directly to the question you raise.
https://thsc.web.ox.ac.uk/treasure-seminar-serieshttps://thsc.web.ox.ac.uk/treasure-seminar-series best, Matthew Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, October 1st, 2023 at 10:36 AM, Raffaele Torella via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > [Torella.Devī uvāca, or the Theology of the Perfect > Tense.pdf](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0i0lbqfcr3z1xt1g0um/Torella.Dev-uv-ca-or-the-Theology-of-the-Perfect-Tense.pdf?rlkey=catgdab68vglyjrxmxgt0keir&dl=0) > [dropbox.com](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ej0i0lbqfcr3z1xt1g0um/Torella.Dev-uv-ca-or-the-Theology-of-the-Perfect-Tense.pdf?rlkey=catgdab68vglyjrxmxgt0keir&dl=0) > > [favicon.ico](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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