[INDOLOGY] Sources on prakāśa, loka, and their relation

[Himanshu]

Dear All,

I am looking for works on the ideas of *prakāśa*, *loka*, and how these
concepts, if they do, relate to each other. Often, these two terms may
(e.g., in nondual philosophies) appear in contradiction to each other. But
I am particularly searching for any scholarship that produces something
around a philological history or a history of these ideas (philosophical),
or any analysis of literary usage before or after their usages in the
post-sūtra age texts.
To contextualise what *prakāśa *and loka might share: If I am not
misquoting, Kśemarāja employs the word loka by deriving it from √*lok*+
*ghañ*. And so does Candrakīrti (perhaps in his discussion on
*lokaprasiddhi*, as I learned from Prof. Mattia Salvini). I am not very
much confident about the prevalence and implications of this derivation,
but it certainly indicates a possible relation that √*lok* (- *loka darśane*)
might share with √*kāś *in *prakāśa*.

As my doctoral research focuses on Abhinavagupta's concept of *prasiddhi *and
its ontological relation with his concept of non-dual *prakāśa, *my
interest lies in the ontological implications of the terms I mentioned
above. I am aware of only one work that takes a somewhat similar direction:
Jan Gonda's 1966 book, *Loka - World and the Heaven in the Vedas.* I would
be grateful if you could provide any references discussing these concepts.

Thanks and regards,
Himanshu
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Mumbai
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