Hello Jo,

Thanks for pointing to reviews of the editions of Mahābhāṣya Pradīpa Vyākhyānāni and the Prakāśa of Pravartakopādhyāya published in the ABORI. I have the ABORI volumes in my personal library and will check those reviews.

Professor Pierre Filliozat does seem to be referring to V. S. Abhyankar, rather than to his son K. V. Abhyankar. I don't know the source of Professor Filliozat's information that [Vasudeva Shastri] Abhyankar could not read or write, and had to depend upon scribes. This does not appear to be true. Vasudeva Shastri was appointed as Professor of Sanskrit at the Fergusson College by the recommendation of R. G. Bhandarkar, and edited and translated [into Marathi] many Sanskrit works, including the entire Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali and the Bhāṣya of Śaṅkara on the Brahma-Sūtras. I knew Professor K. V. Abhyankar very well, and he showed me manuscripts of works written by his father, and I have a photocopy of one of those manuscripts, a work titled Yājuṣa-hautra-vicāra. So the information that Vasudeva Shastri Abhyankar could not read or write is not likely to be correct. Best,

Madhav Deshpande

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Jo Brill <josephine.brill@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Professors Deshpande and Chevillard,

In trying to learn the full extent of K. V. Abhyankar's publications, I just happened across his review of an earlier work by M. S. Narasimhacharya. The review is more about the work than the author, but here is the citation in case it may be of use. The Annals (truly a treasure trove) readily yield more reviews of Narasimhacharya's work (including the one first mentioned) so I've included a couple of those as well.

May I ask, do you suppose it could be V. S. Abhyankar to whom Dr. Filliozat refers? How astonishing! Or perhaps an earlier member of that learned family?

Best regards to all the list,
Jo

MAHĀBHĀṢYA PRADĪPA VYĀKHYĀNĀNI (Vols. I and II) by M. S. Narasimhacharya
Review by: K. V. Abhyankar
Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 56, No. 1/4 (1975), pp. 245-246.

MAHĀBHĀṢYAPRADĪPAPRAKĀŚA par Pravartakopādhyāya by M. S. Narasimhacharya
Review by: G. B. Palsule
Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 71, No. 1/4 (1990), pp. 376-377.

COMMENTARIES SUR LE MAHĀBHĀṢYA DE PATAÑJALI, et le Pradīpa de Kaiyaṭa, Mahābhāṣya-Pradīpa-Vyākhyānāni, III (Adhyāya 1, Pāda 1, Āhnika 8-9), IV (Adhyāya 1, Pāda 2-4) by M. S. Narasimhacharya
Review by: S. D. Joshi
Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 60, No. 1/4 (1979), pp. 286-288.

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Jean-Luc CHEVILLARD <jean-luc.chevillard@univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:
There is an interview of Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat
in The Hindu dated 27 november 2014.

The link is:

"http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/interview-with-dr-pierre-sylvain-filliozat/article6639706.ece?ref=sliderNews"

The title is "Paninian from Paris".

The interview contains three reference to M. S. Narasimhacharya,
in the passages which read:

«Filliozat studied classical languages in Paris, and Vyakarana and Saiva agamas in Pondicherry, under M. S. Narasimhacharya and N.R. Bhatt, respectively. He learnt about Visishtadvaita too from Narasimhacharya.»

«“Someone like my teacher Narasimhacharya, had no difficulty following any of this, because he had committed the Sutras to memory. But if you are using a book, you will have a tough time.”»

-- Jean-Luc Chevillard

P.S. in case the WebMail through which I am sending this has messed up with the diacritics, I apologize in advance.

On 26/11/2014 22:18, Madhav Deshpande wrote:> I have been reading the Mahābhāṣya-Pradīpa-Prakāśa of Pravartakopādhyāya

edited by M. S. Narasimhacharya and published in 1986 from Pondichery. There is no introduction to this volume, and no information about the author. I am wondering if anyone else has come across any information about this author.

--
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA

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Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA