[INDOLOGY] Dating of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad

Thu Nov 1 20:49:41 UTC 2018

Bronkhorst's *Greater Magadha* book is published by Motilal Banarsidass in
Delhi and is not expensive.

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On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 01:23, Veeranarayana Pandurangi via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Fine. More we dig more we get. Greater Magadha is far more interesting
> going by review. I will try for book. Otherwise I need to be sent a pdf.
> Thanks for all.
>
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2018, 01:44 Johannes Bronkhorst via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info wrote:
>
>> Since I am not at present in a position to consult recent literature on
>> the date of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, I may superfluously draw attention
>> to the discussion of the date of the Yājñavalkya-Kāṇḍa of that Upaniṣad
>> in my *Greater Magadha* (Brill 2007; Motilal Banarsidass 2013). I there
>> present arguments to think that the grammarian "Kātyāyana knew this text
>> [the YK] as an independent, recently composed work, as did Patañjali some
>> time after him". The creation of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad as a whole, by
>> bringing its three portions together, might have taken place a number of
>> generations after Patañjali. Patañjali can be dated to the second half of
>> the second century BCE.
>> Johannes Bronkhorst
>>
>> On 31 Oct 2018, at 19:21, Lindquist, Steven via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> You can find some of my writings on the Upaniṣads on academia.edu (
>> https://smu.academia.edu/StevenLindquist), though I haven’t dealt
>> specifically with the dating of the Bṛhad.
>>
>> My best,
>>
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> STEVEN E. LINDQUIST, PH.D.
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>>
>> *From: *INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
>> Indology <indology at list.indology.info>
>> *Reply-To: *Veeranarayana Pandurangi <veerankp at gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 8:03 AM
>> *To: *Bradley Clough <bclough9377 at gmail.com>, Indology <
>> indology at list.indology.info>
>> *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] Dating of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad
>>
>> there is a mention of Steven Lindquist's "lines of descent and dissent"
>> published in "religions of south asia" 5. it is available in equinox
>> website for a price.  Brian Black's "Rethinking the Upanishadic Vamshas" is
>> also published in the same thing. I would be glad to read both. I hope you
>> will help me.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:21 AM Bradley Clough <bclough9377 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Veenanarayana,
>>
>> Please find attached the relevant chapters from Cohen's book on the
>> Upanishads.
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Brad
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 5:00 AM Bradley Clough <bclough9377 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Sure, I’ll try my best to get those chapters scanned and emailed to you
>> later today.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 4:57 AM Veeranarayana Pandurangi <
>> veerankp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear sir, very much thanks.
>> I am afraid that I may not be able to soon (in a week, that is my time
>> for it now) anywhere in India. Pl. Help me get the scanned images of these
>> chapters if possible.
>>
>> On 21 Oct 2018 11:54 pm, "Bradley Clough via INDOLOGY" <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I would suggest consulting Signe Cohen’s edited volume (Routledge 2018)
>> titled *The Upanisads: A Complete Guide*.  Chapters 2-4, all by Cohen, and
>> Chapter 23, by Dermot Killingley, are particularly pertinent to this matter.
>>
>> Brad Clough
>> The University of Montana
>>
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