literature on commentarial style

JR Gardner jgardner at BLUE.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU
Tue Jun 2 03:12:57 UTC 1998


My undergraduate mentor, Boyd H. Wilson, who is responsible for my current
Iowa residence as he did his Ph.D. here, wrote about Shankara's commentary
style in no small detail.  I think his diss can be accessed by
interlibrary loan.  Boyd is currently at Hope College, in Holland, MI.

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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Edwin Bryant wrote:

> On Tue, 19 May 1998, Adrian Burton wrote:
>
> > Can anyone direct me to *any* discussion of the traditional style used by
> > commentators ( i.e., the literary style employed by the writers of
> > bhaashya, Tiikaa, TippaNii etc.).
>
> Gary Tubb, whose e-mail is on the cc above, has written some excellent
> notes on the commentarial tradition. They are, alas, unpublished, but
> you might be able to get some kind of a copy.....Regards,  Edwin Bryant
>





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