[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit verses and logical sentences.

[Harry Spier]

Thank you Mrinal.  That was exactly what I was refering to.  Do you happen
to know if other works of Abhinavagupta (or other authors) follow this
practice.

Again many thanks,
Harry Spier

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Mrinal Kaul <mrinalkaul81 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Harry,
>
> I wonder if you are referring to what Jayaratha calls structural unity (*sañcaya
> nyāya*) in the *Tantrāloka-viveka* (TĀV). Abhinavagupta ends each *āhnika*
> of the TĀ with the first half of the concluding verse and begins the
> subsequent *āhnika* with the second half of the same verse. This strategy
> is followed in all chapters except in *āhnika* 36. See TĀV: *iha
> āhnikādāhnikāntarasya sañcayanyāyena parasparamanusyūtatāṃ darśayitum
> ekenaiva ślokena*
> *tatparyantaprārambhayorupasaṃhāropakramau karoti, iti asya granthakārasya
> śailī* | (cf. TĀV, Vol I, p. 309
> ​,​
> ​ KSTS​
> ).  Also quoted by Navjivan Rastogi (1987:76-78) in the "Introduction to
> the *Tantrāloka" (MLBD)*.
>
> Also see TĀV, Vol 12, p 390:  *iha āhnikādāhnikāntarasya
> parasparamanusyūtatāṃ darśayitumādyantayorekena ślokena*
> *pṛthagupasaṃhāropakramayorupanibandhe.api sāṃprataṃ granthānte
> tadāśleṣamatyantamavadyotayitamekenaiva*
> *ardhena yugapattadupanibandha **iti* |
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Mrinal​
>
> On 4 June 2016 at 05:46, Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> I vaguely recall reading somewhere (it might even have been on this
>> list)  that in some tantric works  the logical sentence consists of the
>> last two padas of a verse and the first two padas of the next verse.
>>
>> Can any members confirm if this is true or false and if true give an
>> example.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Harry Spier
>>
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