I see. On Tue, 23 Sept 2025, 15:17 Paul Thomas, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks! Indeed I have, and she was just as stumped as I am. She left it > in Sanskrit. > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM Shrikant Bahulkar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Have you checked an English translation of Paṭala II by Prof. Vesna >> Wallace? >> >> The Kālacakratantra : the chapter on the individual together with the >> Vimalaprabhā >> >> On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 12:33, Paul Thomas via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Colleagues, >>> >>> I'm currently working on a translation of the *Vimalaprabhā *for the >>> 84000 translation project. The *Vimalaprabhā* is the most extensive >>> Indian commentary on the Buddhist *Laghukālacakratantra*, composed in >>> the earlier part of the eleventh century. >>> >>> There, I’ve come across the title of a text, or, more likely, a term for >>> a genre of texts that was current in medieval India at the time that the >>> *Vimalaprabhā* was composed. The term comes in the commentary on >>> *Laghukālacakratantra* 2.96 that lists out false sources of knowledge ( >>> *vidyā*), listing the Vedas with their ancillaries, the Smārta >>> doctrines, logic (Pramāṇa), the Śaiva Siddhānta, and the works ( >>> *śāstram*) composed by Vyāsa (the *Mahābhārata*) and Vaiśvānara. It is >>> the last on this list, the work(s) composed by Vaiśvānara that I can’t >>> identify: >>> >>> *Laghukālacakratantra* 2.96ab: >>> >>> *vedaḥ sāṅgo na vidyā smṛtimatasahitas tarkasiddhāntayuktaḥ**śāstrañ >>> cānyad dhi loke kṛtam api kavibhir vyāsavaiśvānarādyaiḥ* | >>> >>> The commentary defines the works of Vaiśvānara, who, as I understand it, >>> is the god Agni, as the *bhāvanādharmaḥ*, using a construction parallel >>> to that used to describe the “teachings of the Purāṇas,” composed by >>> Mārtaṇḍeya (*mārtaṇḍeyakāvyaṃ* *purāṇadharmādayaḥ*). Therefore I think >>> *bhāvanādharmaḥ* here is not a title strictly speaking, but rather >>> should be interpreted to mean “the teachings of *bhāvanā,*” whatever >>> that may mean: >>> >>> *Vimalaprabhā* v. 1, p. 221: >>> *evaṃ śāstraṃ cānyad dhi loke kṛtam api kavibhir vyāsavaiśvānarādyair >>> iti vyāsakāvyaṃ bhārataṃ vaiśvānarakāvyaṃ bhāvanādharmaḥ | ādiśabdena >>> vālmīkikāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ mārkaṇḍeyakāvyaṃ purāṇadharmādayaḥ saṃgṛhītāḥ kṛtaṃ >>> kavibhir ebhir na vidyā* |. >>> >>> Some sources say that Vaiśvānara composed some of the hymns of the >>> Ṛgveda, but this doesn’t seem to be what is referred to here. The Tibetan >>> translations are of no help, simply translating *bsgom pa’i chos* if I >>> recall, and neither does the Tibetan scholar mKhas grub rje (1385–1438) >>> identify >>> what this is. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >>
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