[INDOLOGY] Misunderstood origins

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Geoffrey depended on the account of Tom Hopkins, which is independent of
Bronkhorst's arguments, and depends more on archaeological data.  It is
very unfortunate that Prof. Hopkins has not published his interesting
materials.
Best,
Dominik

--
Professor Dominik Wujastyk* <http://ualberta.Academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
Department of History and Classics <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
University of Alberta, Canada

On 12 April 2016 at 02:33, Philipp Maas <philipp.a.maas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Artur,
>
> Geoffrey Samuel (*The Origins of Yoga and Tantra*. *Indic Religions to
> the Thirteenth Century*. Cambridge etc: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
> independently from Bronkhorst arrived at a historical narrative that is
> similar to the one told in “Greater Magadha”. Moreover, the chapter on the
> early history of Karma and rebirth in South Asia by Wilhelm Halbfass (*Karma
> und Wiedergeburt im indischen Denken*. Kreuzlingen, München: Hugendubel,
> 2000, pp. 37-63), which draws upon a considerable amount of earlier primary
> sources and secondary literature, can be read as supporting important
> aspects of Bronkhorst’s “Greater Magadha Hypothesis”.
>
>
>
> Best, Philipp
>
> 2016-04-11 20:42 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>:
>
>> Dear Tim,
>>
>> Could you, please, upload your review to Academia.edu? A poorly-educated
>> guy like me (no irony here!) needs further reading and learning. And
>> appreciates any occasion for it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Artur
>>
>> PS. I try to organize my thoughts re the relics of the Buddha and amrita.
>> Some simple parallels - and a sticky ground, contradictory concepts and
>> interpretations. In need of new - lodestar-like - ideas.
>>
>> A.
>>
>> 2016-04-11 18:33 GMT+02:00 Lubin, Tim <LubinT at wlu.edu>:
>>
>>> And now also:
>>>
>>> Timothy Lubin, “Greater Magadha and the New Brahmanism: Recent
>>> Publications by Johannes Bronkhorst,”* Religious Studies Review* 41.3
>>> (2015): 93–100.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> TL
>>>
>>>
>>> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
>>> "Michaels, Axel" <michaels at asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de>
>>> Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 12:26 PM
>>> To: indology <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Misunderstood origins
>>>
>>> More reviews on Johannes Bronkhorst’s thesis: Konrad Klaus in *Zeitschrift
>>> der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft * 161 (2011): 216-221,
>>> Jason Neelis in *Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society* 18.3 (2008):
>>> 381-3; John Cort, *Religious Studies Review* 33.2 (2007): 171-172;
>>> K.T.S. Sarao in *Orientalische Literatur-Zeitung* 103.2 (2008):
>>> 250-254; Rüdiger Schmitt in * Acta Orientalia* 69 2008: 319-32, and
>>> Alexander Wynne in the *H-Buddhism* List (July 2011).
>>>
>>> Best, xel Michaels
>>>
>>> Von: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> im Auftrag von
>>> Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
>>> Datum: Monday 11 April 2016 at 12:30
>>> An: Roland Steiner <steiner at staff.uni-marburg.de>
>>> Cc: "indology at list.indology.info" <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> Betreff: Re: [INDOLOGY] Misunderstood origins
>>>
>>> > a bit to start a discussion? ;)
>>>
>>> Frankly?
>>>
>>> Quite frankly - I'd rather prefer following the discussion on the
>>> contents of Prof. Bronkhorst's paper.
>>>
>>> Or - is there somewhere a trace of the Buddhologists' (Historians of
>>> India, Historians of Indian Literature) reaction to its theses?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Artur Karp
>>>
>>> 2016-04-11 9:42 GMT+02:00 Roland Steiner <steiner at staff.uni-marburg.de>:
>>>
>>>> In support of Prof. Silk's remarks I would like to point to the
>>>> following short paper by Claudius Naumann:
>>>>
>>>> "Versiegende Quellen. Einige Anmerkungen über den Sinn und Unsinn von
>>>> Internet-Verweisen in wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten". In: Zeitschrift der
>>>> deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft 162.2 (2012), pp. 460-464.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Roland Steiner
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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