[INDOLOGY] The Honey Doctrine (madhu vidyā)

[Joanna Jurewicz]

Dear Jim,

I discuss this doctrine (to some extent) in my "Fire, Death and Philosophy.
A History of Ancient Indian Thinking".

With regards,

Joanna

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Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz

Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia Studies

Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies

Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw

ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28

00-927 Warszawa , Poland

Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages

College of Human Sciences

UNISA

Pretoria, RSA

Member of Academia Europaea

https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz


niedz., 26 gru 2021 o 20:40 Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):

> Madhav,
>
> Thanks for this. This brings up the question of “honey” as a metaphor in
> Vedic tradition generally. What was the “honey-ness” that was found I each
> footstep?
> Naturally, very difficult to ascertain, but interesting to contemplate.
>
> Jim
>
> On Dec 26, 2021, at 11:25 AM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Jim,
>
> Check out R̥gveda 1.154.4-5 that refer to Viṣṇoḥ padāni as being filled
> with Madhu and having a fount of Madhu.
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 11:10 AM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’m looking for scholarship relating to the Honey Doctrine sonorously
>> invoked in Bṛhadāraṇyaka U., 2.5.1-19. Are there Vedic antecedents anywhere?
>>
>> Jim Ryan
>> Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus)
>> California Institute of Integral Studies
>>
>>
>>
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