[INDOLOGY] Epigraphy and Indology

[Nagaraj Paturi]

>  I am not talking about historically locating literary texts.

Using historical research including epigraphy for the study of literary
works did not stop at historically locating literary texts. It lead to an
entire branch of literary criticism called historical criticism.

Particularly in the case of literatures of Indian languages, where the
prefatory/introductory parts provide a very big amount of historical data
such as the patron king, his dynasty etc., the data was correlated with the
epigraphic information where the king and his dynasty find mention and that
in turn lead to the study of the literary work in its historical context.
Marxist literary criticism has also been broadly historical criticism only.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:49 AM, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan <
Palaniappa at aol.com> wrote:

> Dear Dr. Paturi,
>
> I am not talking about historically locating literary texts. I have
> attached some pages from EI 7. They deal with three inscriptions described
> by three scholars. Each of them uses different literary textual references
> to explain parts of the inscriptions. But the third inscription also seems
> to provide an alternate etymology for the name Rāṣṭrakūṭa. If the name
> Rāṣṭrakūṭa occurs in a literary text, then Fleet’s discussion would
> contribute to a different understanding of an item in a literary context
> based on epigraphic data.
>
>
>
> I hope this clarifies what I am looking for.
>
> Regards,
> Palaniappan
>
> On Jun 18, 2018, at 9:03 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Tiru Palaniappan avarghal,
>
> I think the situation you mention is just the opposite of reality. Most of
> the modern , particularly Indological understanding of literary texts has
> been well informed by history which is mostly based on epigraphy. In fact,
> we have to identify epigraphists who have been Indologists who used
> literary texts to inform and correct epigraphic data since their number is
> not big.
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:34 AM, Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Much of Gregory Schopen’s work on early Buddhism is exemplary in this
>> regard.
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 18, 2018, at 2:14 PM, Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>> >
>> > Dear Scholars,
>> >
>> > While many epigraphists have been Indologists who used literary texts
>> to inform and correct epigraphic data, I would appreciate references to
>> scholarly works in the other direction, i.e., the use of epigraphical data
>> to inform and correct interpretations of literary texts.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Palaniappan
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> Nagaraj Paturi
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> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
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> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
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> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
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> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
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> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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