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[Walter Slaje]

*Śānta *and* vairāgya* are two fundamental ideas at the basis of the
*Rājataraṅgiṇī* literary genre of history writing in Kashmir. The various
*Rājataraṅgiṇī*s aim at generating emotional responses on the part of the
reader with a view to prompting liberating effects. They are all the more
effective if what is expressed there in a poetically manner corresponds to
historical facts (*yathābhūtam*): Insight into the truth about the human
condition must ultimately lead to *vairāgya*. These concepts of historical
truth poetry are based on Kashmiri theories of literature (*rasa, dhvani*).

See:

Walter Slaje, ‘In the Guise of Poetry’ – Kalhaṇa Reconsidered. In:
Śāstrārambha. Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Edited by Walter
Slaje. Preface by Edwin Gerow. [AKM. LXII]. Wiesbaden 2008: 207–244.

Lawrence McCrea, Śāntarasa in the Rājataraṅgiṇī: History, epic and moral
decay. *The Indian Economic and Social History Review* 50, 2 (2013):
179–199.

Luther Obrock, History at the end of history: Śrīvara’s Jainataraṅgiṇī. *The
Indian Economic and Social History Review* 50, 2 (2013): 221–236.



The liberating literary method as such was applied already by Aśvaghoṣa:

Roland Steiner, Truth under the Guise of Poetry. Aśvaghoṣa’s “Life of the
Buddha”. In: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions. Ed. by Linda Covill,
Ulrike Roesler, Sarah Shaw. Boston 2010: 89–121.



Another Kashmiri work of major importance which aims at triggering
liberating effects through mere insight is the Mokṣopāya (alias
Yogavāsiṣṭha), as the title of its first Prakaraṇa (“*Vairāgya-Prakaraṇa*”)
unambiguously indicates:

Text:

https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Mok%E1%B9%A3op%C4%81ya_-_Textedition_Teil_1._Das_erste_und_zweite_Buch:_Vairagyaprakarana_Mumuksuvyavaharaprakarana/titel_3591.ahtml

and translation:

https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Mok%E1%B9%A3op%C4%81ya_-_%C3%9Cbersetzung_Teil_1_Das_Erste_und_Zweite_Buch:_Das_Buch_%C3%BCber_die_Leidenschaftslosigkeit_Das_Buch_%C3%BCber_das_Verhalten_der_Befreiungssucher/titel_340.ahtml



Kind regards,

WS



Am Mi., 6. März 2019 um 07:23 Uhr schrieb David and Nancy Reigle via
INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear Jesse,
>
> Could you make some of these references public here on the list? I, too,
> am interested in vairāgya. Thanks!
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Reigle
> Colorado, U.S.A.
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:48 PM Jesse Knutson via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Andrew Nicholson, Matthew Dasti, Kevin McGrath, and Phillip
>> Mass for a wealth of resources.  My student also thanks you. Best,J
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