New publication:Aksayamatinirdesa

[jens.braarvig at inl.uio.no]

Members of indology <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
Hereby I wish to draw the attention of the members to my recent publication

Aksayamatinirdesasutra. 
Vol. 1: Edition of extant manuscripts with an index. (bKa' 'gyur version,
Dunhuang fragments, Sanskrit fragments, 290 p., ISBN: 82-560-0916-0)
Vol. 2: The Tradition of Imperishability in Buddhist Thought (Introduction,
translation, Tibetan text of Aksayamatinirdesatika, cxxxii + 591 p., ISBN:
82-560-0917-9)
Solum Forlag, Oslo, 1993, each vol. $ 39.

Jens Braarvig



Dr. philos. Jens Braarvig
Avdeling for religionshistorie
Institutt for kultur og samfunnsfag
Universitetet i Oslo
Postboks 1010 Blindern
0315 Oslo
Tlf: 02/85 68 58
Fax: 02/85 41 20 
Elektronisk post: braarvig at ulrik.uio.no

 


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 31 1994 Jan GMT 13:48:13
Date: 31 Jan 1994 13:48:13 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: RE: HINDI AND RAJASTHANI MSS

  
  
Forwarded by DW from: 
  
  
        PETER G FRIEDLANDER, 
        Cataloguer of Hindi manuscripts 
        Wellcome Institute 
        London. 
        Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 
  
        To: ALLEN W THRASHER 
        RE: HINDI AND RAJASTANI MSS ID (24 JAN 94) 
  
Hello, regarding the manuscripts you mention  I believe they are all quite 
obscure and a quick check indicates that none of these works or their 
authors are in the Nagari Pracarini Sabha survey of Hindi manuscripts. 
  
However, I have a comment regarding the work called Koka-bhusana by Josi 
Jagananatha in the second manuscript.  The Wellcome collection contains a 
copy of a medical work by an author of the same name which was copied in AD 
1747.  As the subject of Koka might also have been a topic written on by an 
author of a medical work it is possible they are by the same author.  I can 
find no references to this author anywhere apart from in our manuscript. 
>From the viewpoint of the history of Indian Koka sastra/medicine this might 
well be an interesting manuscript. 
  
Hope this is of some interest. 
-- 
Dominik Wujastyk           Phone (and voice messages): +44 71 611 8467 
Wellcome Institute, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. 
  
  
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          Dominik and INDOLOGY, 
           
          Thanks for the response.  I guess I'll go ahead and  get them for 
          LC. 
          Allen Thrasher                                                    
 


> From THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV 31 1994 Jan GMT 14:00:14
Date: 31 Jan 1994 14:00:14 GMT
From: ALLEN W THRASHER <THRASHER at MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject: RE: HINDI AND RAJASTHANI MSS

Dom-- 
Is there a Saiva connection with any of these mss.? 
Richard 
  
On Mon, 31 Jan 1994, Dominik Wujastyk wrote: 
  
> 
> 
> Forwarded by DW from: 
> 
> 
>         PETER G FRIEDLANDER, 
>         Cataloguer of Hindi manuscripts 
>         Wellcome Institute 
>         London. 
>         Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 
> 
>         To: ALLEN W THRASHER 
>         RE: HINDI AND RAJASTANI MSS ID (24 JAN 94) 
> 
> Hello, regarding the manuscripts you mention  I believe they are all quite 
> obscure and a quick check indicates that none of these works or their 
> authors are in the Nagari Pracarini Sabha survey of Hindi manuscripts. 
> 
> However, I have a comment regarding the work called Koka-bhusana by Josi 
> Jagananatha in the second manuscript.  The Wellcome collection contains a 
> copy of a medical work by an author of the same name which was copied in AD 
> 1747.  As the subject of Koka might also have been a topic written on by an 
> author of a medical work it is possible they are by the same author.  I can 
> find no references to this author anywhere apart from in our manuscript. 
> >From the viewpoint of the history of Indian Koka sastra/medicine this might 
> well be an interesting manuscript. 
> 
> Hope this is of some interest. 
> -- 
> Dominik Wujastyk           Phone (and voice messages): +44 71 611 8467 
> Wellcome Institute, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. 
> 
  
  
  
  
  
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          Re:  'Saiva connection of Hindi and Rajasthani mss. 
           
          I  just took  a quick look over the 'Sivapraka-a'sar-am-aya.na ms 
          and  saw  no references to Siva.  Could Sivaprakasa have been the 
          poet's patron?  I  see  no references to Siva  or Saivism in  the 
          other  mss  of  3  works, although  I  can't  make  much  of  the 
          Rajasthani. 
           
          Allen Thrasher