[INDOLOGY] Mokṣopāya completed

[Walter Slaje]

Dear Lyne,

With reference to what you wrote in your paper:

"[…] that Bhāskara could have been more or less contemporary with Śaṅkara.
In that case, Bhāskara’s mūla would be the earliest evidence (c. 9th
century) of the Kashmirian Gītā […]"

I would like to draw the list's attention to Christophe Vielle's recently
published study, which contains important findings that cannot be
underestimated with regard to a precise, absolute dating of Śaṅkara during
the reign of Vijayāditya [696–733 CE].

See his 'The Great (Divine) Self Behind the Many Deities: The Vedānta
Connection of the Nirukta Tradition,' in: ABORI 104 (2023) [publ.], § 4.

It would also bring down the date of Bhāskara, the Vedāntin from Kashmir,
to around the early 8th century.

Warmly,

Walter

Am Fr., 22. Aug. 2025 um 15:23 Uhr schrieb Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> All thanks for this very interesting discussion.
>
> I would like to add another stone to the edifice of reasoning.
>
>  In 2018, Judit Törzsök and I published a paper entitled "Abhinavagupta on
> the Kashmirian *Gītā*. Announcement of the First Critical Edition of
> the *Gītārthasaṃgraha, *with the Reconstruction of the Text of the
> Kashmirian *Gītā* [..] and a French translation of Both Texts", in *Journal
> of Indian Philosoph*y (46.1: 31-64).
>
> Its final section (an Appendix, in fact), p.50 ff., deals with the (?)
> Bhāskara (his identity, his place of origin, his philosophical persuasion,
> etc.) under consideration in the platform’s discussion.
>
>  I attach the paper, hoping that our colleagues might find further
> information there, and perhaps new material for other conclusions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lyne
>
>
> NB: Some of you referred to Kato 2014. It happened that while preparing the J’s paper, I came through a first draft of Kato’s paper, and that I suggested a few emendations, mostly on the reasoning; see the printed Kato’s paper. It so happens that I had access to a first version of his paper and that I suggested some amendments, primarily concerning the reasoning.
>
>
>
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> Lyne Bansat-Boudon
>
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