Dear Walter, Thank you for this very recent reference, which could change our perspective on Bhāskara. Judit and I will have to read Christophe's article very carefully.
Warmly, Lyne Lyne Bansat-Boudon Directeur d'études pour les Religions de l'Inde Ecole pratique des hautes études, section des sciences religieuses Membre senior honoraire de l'Institut universitaire de France ________________________________ De : Walter Slaje <[email protected]> Envoyé : vendredi 22 août 2025 19:52 À : Lyne Bansat-Boudon <[email protected]> Cc : Matthew Kapstein <[email protected]>; Indology List <[email protected]> Objet : Re: [INDOLOGY] Mokṣopāya completed Dear Lyne, With reference to what you wrote in your paper: "[…] that Bhāskara could have been more or less contemporary with Śaṅkara. In that case, Bhāskara’s mūla would be the earliest evidence (c. 9th century) of the Kashmirian Gītā […]" I would like to draw the list's attention to Christophe Vielle's recently published study, which contains important findings that cannot be underestimated with regard to a precise, absolute dating of Śaṅkara during the reign of Vijayāditya [696–733 CE]. See his 'The Great (Divine) Self Behind the Many Deities: The Vedānta Connection of the Nirukta Tradition,' in: ABORI 104 (2023) [publ.], § 4. It would also bring down the date of Bhāskara, the Vedāntin from Kashmir, to around the early 8th century. Warmly, Walter Am Fr., 22. Aug. 2025 um 15:23 Uhr schrieb Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: Dear colleagues, All thanks for this very interesting discussion. I would like to add another stone to the edifice of reasoning. In 2018, Judit Törzsök and I published a paper entitled "Abhinavagupta on the Kashmirian Gītā. Announcement of the First Critical Edition of the Gītārthasaṃgraha, with the Reconstruction of the Text of the Kashmirian Gītā [..] and a French translation of Both Texts", in Journal of Indian Philosophy (46.1: 31-64). Its final section (an Appendix, in fact), p.50 ff., deals with the (?) Bhāskara (his identity, his place of origin, his philosophical persuasion, etc.) under consideration in the platform’s discussion. I attach the paper, hoping that our colleagues might find further information there, and perhaps new material for other conclusions. Best wishes, Lyne NB: Some of you referred to Kato 2014. It happened that while preparing the J’s paper, I came through a first draft of Kato’s paper, and that I suggested a few emendations, mostly on the reasoning; see the printed Kato’s paper. It so happens that I had access to a first version of his paper and that I suggested some amendments, primarily concerning the reasoning. Lyne Bansat-Boudon Directeur d'études pour les Religions de l'Inde Ecole pratique des hautes études, section des sciences religieuses Membre senior honoraire de l'Institut universitaire de France _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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