[INDOLOGY] Question

[Madhav Deshpande]

Thanks, Zoë, for this information. This would make sense to me. Would love
to see your dissertation on Aparokṣānubhūti.

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, Oct 10, 2023 at 8:37 PM Zoë Slatoff <zoepearl1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Madhav,
>
> I wrote my PhD dissertation (hopefully soon to be a book) on the*
> Aparokṣānubhūti* and have come to think that it was probably written
> closer to the late fifteenth to mid-sixteenth century, as part of the
> growing Advaitic response to the increased output of *haṭhayoga* texts.
> While the *Dīpikā* commentary is attributed to Vidyāraṇya, it also seems
> to be later and unlikely to have actually been written by him.
>
> This would support the idea of *upanetra* as referring to some sort of
> magnifying lens, which seems to have been introduced by the Portuguese in
> the 15th century (see Birch, Jason. 2011. “The Meaning of *haṭha* in
> Early Haṭha Yoga.” p. 540, fn. 98).
>
> Best wishes,
> Zoë
>
>
>
> Zoë Slatoff, Ph.D.
> Clinical Professor of Sanskrit
> Loyola Marymount University
>
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2023, at 8:08 PM, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> In his Aparokṣānubhūti verse 81, Śaṅkarācārya says: sūkṣmatve
> sarvavastūnāṃ sthūlatvaṃ copanetrataḥ. Here, some modern interpreters have
> interpreted the word upanetra as referring to eye-glasses or some lens that
> enlarges the view. I am just wondering about the history of lenses and
> eye-glasses around the time of Śaṅkara. An allied question will be the date
> and authorship of Aparokṣānubhūti. Any information and references are
> appreciated.
>
> 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]
>
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