Re: [INDOLOGY] Thieme on Īśopaniṣad

Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at umich.edu
Sat Jul 25 03:29:16 UTC 2020


Thanks, Dominik.  Will look it up.  Best,

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:57 PM Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is discussion of the relative chronology of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka
> upaniṣad in Bronkhorst's *Greater Magadha,* esp. chapter IIA.3 and in
> part III Chronology.  The discussion is mainly in the context of the
> doctrine of Yājñavalkya's teachings and ātman, karman and punarjanman, and
> does not discuss the Īśāvāsyopaniṣad specifically.
>
> Best,
> Dominik
> --
> Professor Dominik Wujastyk
> <https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/wujastyk>
> ,
>
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> ,
>
> Department of History and Classics
> <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
> ,
> University of Alberta, Canada
> .
>
>
> South Asia at the U of A:
>
> sas.ualberta.ca
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 19:43, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>      I have been rereading Professor Paul Thieme's article on the
>> Īśopaniṣad published in the JAOS.  In one of his discussions, he seems to
>> claim that the Chāndogya-Upaniṣad is older than the Īśa.  Here is that
>> passage:
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> What is a good modern discussion about the relative chronology of the
>> "older" Upaniṣads?  Has anyone discussed Thieme's views?  With best regards,
>>
>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>>
>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
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