Dear Mattew, you may add to your list a passage from Abhinavagupta’s Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī in which the various levels of individual subjectivity (deha, prāṇa, buddhi, śūnya) are shown as pervaded by and finally transformed into pure consciousness (tadrasānuviddham eva):
tadā bodhasvarūpīkṛtaṃ tadrasānuviddham eva śūnyādidehāntam avabhātīti (ĪPVV vol. III p. 330) Cari saluti Raffaele > Il giorno 16 ott 2025, alle ore 23:23, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Dear Dominik, > > The alchemical use of vidh sometimes occurs in Buddhist texts; see e.g. > Bodhicaryāvatāra 1.10 and its comm. : rasajātam atīva vedhanîyam. However, in > the context I was concerned with, it is part of the technical vocabulary of > Prajñāpāramitā and refers to intuitive penetration of the ultimate truth. > This is much discussed in the Abhisamayālamkara and its comms. Perhaps there > is a meta-level on which these uses are related as applying to « > transformative « events. > > best, > Matthew > > Matthew T. Kapstein > Professor emeritus > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris > > Associate > The University of Chicago Divinity School > > Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences > > https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw2eJ7bnmFr44N9MG-n90hwp> > > https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw0SjjJVDISdIjO3sv-DIjWz> > > https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 > > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/%23bookTabs%3D1&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw328iLvjCbt2gV721Q_Mxxz> > > https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 > > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/%23bookTabs%3D1&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw0j2dkMELDaaAG-jCLrdDr1> > > https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw2FnNMokbEBt7kOp2aKxk8k> > > > Sent from Proton Mail > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://proton.me/mail/home&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw0QwkBm2q7xRMWYoruOfCbo> > for iOS. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Thursday, 10/16/25 at 15:44 Dominik Wujastyk <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Not on the privative prefix, but on the meaning of vidh, see > https://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2014/07/sanskrit-vidh-on-alchemical.html > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2014/07/sanskrit-vidh-on-alchemical.html&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw2SZzUa3qnwYnNMivY4XZ9q> > > abhinandatitara, > > Dominik > > > -- > Dominik Wujastyk, Professor Emeritus, Classical Indian History > University of Alberta > > "The University of Alberta is committed to the pursuit of truth, > the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge > through teaching, research and other scholarly and creative activities and > service." > -- Collective Agreement > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ualberta.ca/human-resources-health-safety-environment/media-library/my-employment/agreements/2020-2024-collective-agreement---working-version.pdf&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw37RzmudWflx15JLDGdvqXK> > 3.01 > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.google.com/url?q=https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology&source=gmail-imap&ust=1761254637000000&usg=AOvVaw0SkgkbboDaTSvTl3sBAob- Prof. Raffaele Torella Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit Sapienza University of Rome wwwuniroma1.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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