[INDOLOGY] Mokṣopāya completed

[Walter Slaje]

Dear Colleagues,



It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the critical edition of the
*Mokṣopāya*, including the *Khila*s (also known as *Nānāpraśna*), has
recently been completed:

https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Mok%E1%B9%A3op%C4%81ya_-_Textedition_Teil_7_Das_Sechste_Buch%3A_Nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87aprakara%E1%B9%87a_Teil_3%3A_Kapitel_253%E2%80%93374_und_Nachtragskapitel_1%E2%80%9314/titel_8451.ahtml



The present volume is the third volume of the *Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa* and
contains 4,990 verses distributed across 122 sargas. These verses cover
chapters VI.253–374 of the *Mokṣopāya*. Along with the additional 602
verses of the *Khila*s in 14 chapters, the volume contains a total of 5,592
verses newly edited from manuscripts. The complete *Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa* thus
comprises more than half of the *Mokṣopāya*'s total text (30,040 verses).


Contrary to a still-prevailing misconception, the 10th-century *Mokṣopāya*
from Kashmir has nothing at all to do with Śaṅkara's Advaitavedānta or
anyone else's Vedānta, but instead advocates a unique, consciousness-only
ontology (*cid-advaita*). It is written in a delightful alternation of
philosophical Sanskrit and classical *kāvya* style. Not to mention the
spirited stories employed by the anonymous author as *dṛṣṭānta*s to
exemplify the intricacies of his philosophy.



Below is an overview of all the 13 volumes published so far (Sanskrit
edition, partial German translation, Commentary and Concordance):

https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/reihenwerk_455.ahtml





Kindly regarding,

WS
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