[INDOLOGY] "On the Literature of the Hindus" ?

[George Thompson]

Dear Herman and list,

Looking at my Vedic Concordance, I see a resemblance in this passage to TA
1.11.5a, to the text or translation of which I do not have access right now.

Best,

George T

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Herman Tull <hermantull at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joseph:
>
> I too recently was looking for information on Caul. The article, according
> to Rosane Rocher, is written by Caul, with a commentary by JOnes:I found
> just one reference: "Though he [Jones] obtained from Govardhana Caul, the
> Kashmiri Brahman newly appointed pandit to the Supreme Court, the brief
> account "On the Literature of the Hindus," which he presented to the
> Society on the 4 May 1787, in the longer commentary he [Jones] appended..."
> (Rocher, ("Weaving Knowledge: Sir William Jones and the Indian Pandits"
> 1995: 59)
>
> The commentary (Jones's section) begins "The first chapter of a rare
> Sanscrit Book, entitled VidyAdersa, or a View of Learnings is written in
> so close and concise a style, that some parts of it are very obscure..."
>
> I presume, then that the title of the book being cited is "Vidyadersa"
> (perhaps, "Vidya-darsha" but with Jones's odd orthography, which at the
> time was often based on Bengali pronunciation).  He also then quotes the
> beginning of the text:
> [image: Inline image 1]
> (p. 104 of Volume 2, Asiatick Researches, London, 1792 edition)
>
> I have no idea what text this might be, but perhaps others will recognize
> it.
>
> Some help, I hope...
>
> Herman
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Walser, Joseph <Joseph.Walser at tufts.edu>wrote:
>
>> I have been reading the 1791 essay "On the Literature of the Hindus"
>> (sometimes attributed to Wiliam Jones, but seems to be by Govardhan Caul).
>> The first part of it seems to be a translation of a Sanskrit text that, at
>> least in the French version of the same essay, the translator renders
>> "Science universelle pratique & speculative." Does anyone know what text he
>> is translating?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> -j
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joseph Walser
>>
>> Associate Professor
>>
>> Department of Religion
>>
>> Tufts University
>>
>>
>>
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