Bha.t.ta Bhaaskara Mi;sra's Bhaa.sya on the Taittiriiya Braahma.na

[Pascale Haag Bernede]

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--- Frits Staal <JFStaal at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU> wrote:
> Charles Malamoud might know - is he on our list? I
> have no E-mail. Does
> someone?
> greetings and thanks,
> Frits
>
> At 11:41 AM 8/21/03 +0200, you wrote:
> >Dear Indologists,
> >
> >On the first page of his Upodghaata to the second
> volume of the 1921 Mysore
> >devanaagarii edition of the Taittiriiya Braahma.na
> (which I am using in the
> >1985 Motilal Banarsidass reprint, p. ix), R. Shama
> Sastry writes:
> >
> >godaavariitiirasthasya kasyacana pa.n.ditasya
> va.m;savada.m
> >taittiriiyabraahma.nasya
> dvitiiyaa.s.takasyaantimaanaa.m catur.naam
> >anuvaakaanaa.m bha.t.tabhaaskarabhaa.sya.m
> duraasadam aasiit |
> >
> >`it was difficult to obtain Bha.t.ta Bhaaskara's
> commentary on the four last
> >anuvaakas of the second a.s.taka of the
> Taittiriiyabraahma.na as something
> >taught in the lineage of any pa.n.dit living on the
> bank of the Godaavarii'
> >[va.m;savada- translated in accordance with a
> suggestion by Haru Isaacson]
> >
> >Hence this edition supplies Saaya.na's comm. (the
> `Maadhaviiyabhaa.sya') for
> >those anuvaakas:
> >
> >ata;s ca tatra saaya.nabhaa.syam eva nive;sitam |
> >
> >And apparently for other parts too:
> >
> >ko;saantaraalaabhaac ca taittiriiyasa.mhitaayaa.m
> ca braahma.ne ara.nyake ca
> >lupta.m du.spa.tha.m ca bha.t.tabhaaskarabhaa.syam
> apahaaya
> >saaya.nabhaa.syam eva nyave;si |
> >
> >In fact the page-headers of vol. II of the Mysore
> edition suddenly change
> >between p. 183 and 185 from ``Tattiriiyabraahma.nam
> >Bha.t.tabhaaskarabhaa.syopetam'' to
> ``Maadhaviiyabhaa.syopetam''. This is
> >around TB 2.4.5.44 = Aanandaa;srama ed. 2.4.5.1,
> not anywhere near the last
> >4 anuvaakas of TB 2 mentioned by R. Shama Sastry
> (several prapaa.thakas with
> >their own anuvaakas follow!), nor anywhere near the
> place where the
> >commentary of Saaya.na actually seems to start
> being printed.
> >
> >Does anybody know the exact extent of the portions
> printed with Bha.t.ta
> >Bhaaskara Mi;sra's commentary, or can anyone point
> me to a source where they
> >have been listed? I have checked, as far as I am
> able to do so, Tsuji's
> >Genzon Yajuruweda Bunken / Existent
> Yajurveda-Literature, to no avail.
> >
> >Is anybody aware of the existence of complete
> versions of his commentary on
> >TB either in manuscript or in print?
> >
> >-- Arlo Griffiths
> >
> >CNWS / Instituut Kern
> >Universiteit Leiden
> >Postbus 9515
> >2300 RA  Leiden
> >the Netherlands
> >
> >tel.: +31-71-5274128
>
> Frits Staal
> http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/staal/


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