[INDOLOGY] Rajaparikatharatnamala of Nagarjuna.

[Dan Lusthaus]

Dear Matthew,

Thanks for the clarification. Actually the same thing happened with Nanjio Bunyiu’s 1883 catalogue of titles in the Chinese canon, in which he attempted to create back-translated Sanskrit titles, most resulting in bogus titles that were nonetheless copied and repeated throughout most of the 20th century and still appear from time to time, even when actual titles have been discovered or a text has been identified as an East Asian apocryphon purporting to be a Chinese translation of an Indian text and thus had no Indic title. Additionally, many Chinese titles of Buddhist texts include classification information of the type of text, affiliation, etc., which were not part of the original Indic title, which many scholars still include when rendering the titles into Sanskrit. There are parts of Tibetan titles that are the same.

best,
Dan

> On May 10, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> Dear Dan,
> 
> The RatnAvali became the RAjaparikathAratnamAlA owing to a calque from the Tibetan, that was followed before the actual Skt. became known. It is not widely recognized that many of the "Sanskrit" titles given in the Kanjur and Tanjur are in fact calques of this kind, Tibetan back translations that are not derived from the Indic originals. In this case, the Tibetan is 
> rgyal po la gtam bya ba rin chen phreng ba.
> 
> best,
> Matthew
> 
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, 
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
> 
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> From: Dan Lusthaus <yogacara at gmail.com <mailto:yogacara at gmail.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:16:13 AM
> To: Matthew Kapstein
> Cc: Niranjan Saha; Patitapaban Das; indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Rajaparikatharatnamala of Nagarjuna.
>  
> Dear Matthew,
> 
> And the Rājaparikathā- is not the Ratnamālā. Just trying to cover all the bases.
> 
> best,
> Dan
> 
>> On May 10, 2018, at 11:13 AM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu <mailto:mkapstei at uchicago.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Dan,
>> 
>> The medical text is not the RAjaparikathA.... 
>> 
>> best,
>> Matthew
>> 
>> Matthew Kapstein
>> Directeur d'études, 
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>> 
>> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>> The University of Chicago
>> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info <mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info>> on behalf of Dan Lusthaus via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:08:28 AM
>> To: Niranjan Saha
>> Cc: Patitapaban Das; Indology
>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Rajaparikatharatnamala of Nagarjuna.
>>  
>> Do you mean the ayurvedic/magical text, Yoga Ratnamālā, attributed to Nāgārjuna?
>> 
>> If so, there is a hardcopy version, with the 140 Sanskrit verses (in devanagari) and an English translation, accompanied by a Sanskrit commentary by Jain MUni Shri Gunakara called Laghu Vivṛtti.
>> 
>> Pushpendra Kumar, Nagarjuna’s Yogaratnamala, Delhi: Nag Publishers, 1980.
>> 
>> I don’t know of an e-version.
>> 
>> Dan Lusthaus
>> 
>>> On May 10, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Niranjan Saha via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear List,
>>> 
>>> Might anybody could let me know of the availability of e-copy of the Rajaparikatharatnamala of Nagarjuna.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> With regards,
>>> Niranjan
>>> 
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>>> https://ismdhanbad.academia.edu/NiranjanSaha <https://ismdhanbad.academia.edu/NiranjanSaha>
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