[INDOLOGY] Re: archeological puzzle

[Madhav Deshpande]

Thanks, Nagraj Ji. I have seen some similar burial photos of Sannyasis in
more recent times and they were not connected with the Veershaiva
community. This is also the imagination about Jñāneśvara's Samādhi in the
town of Alandi near Pune. The poetic description given by Namdev is that
Jñāneśvara went inside the underground chamber and sat in a Yogic posture.
Then the entrance to the chamber was closed with a large stone.  The
popular belief is that Jñāneśvara is still alive in that chamber.

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 Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 8:18 AM Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Prof. Deshpande,
>
> The picture you shared is of a Veerashiva ascetic.
>
> Veerashaivas bury the bodies of their non-ascetic departed community
> members too in a sitting posture only.
>
> But the skeleton under discussion seems to be holding some mudras which is
> not a part of Veerashaiva tradition.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:23 PM Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Matthew,
>>
>>      I don't know anything about this particular Indus find. However, I
>> have seen a photograph of the burial of a Sannyasi in this sort of a
>> sitting position. Here is the report:
>>
>>
>> https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/01/22/Lakhs-bid-tearful-adieu-to-Walking-God-Shivakumara-Swami.html
>>
>> 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 Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:39 AM Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> This article has been making the rounds among yoga and meditation groups
>>> recently:
>>>
>>> https://www.indiadivine.org/2700-year-old-yogi-samadhi-found-indus-valley-civilization-archaeological-site/
>>>
>>> I am aware that the "proto-Siva" interpretation of certain Indus Valley
>>> seals has been much contested during the last few decades but have no
>>> knowledge of the other material discussed here.  If you know of pertinent
>>> references to reliable sources that will help to shed light on this, I
>>> would be most grateful.
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> Matthew Kapstein
>>> Directeur d'études, émérite
>>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>>>
>>> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>>> The University of Chicago
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> Nagaraj Paturi
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