Dear Patrick,
the two publications
Oskar von Hinüber, “Buddhistische Kommentare aus dem alten Indien. Die Erklärung des Theravāda Kanons,” in: Michael Quisinsky (Hrsg.): Kommentarkulturen: die Auslegung zentraler Texte der Weltreligionen; ein vergleichender Überblick. Köln: Böhlau, 2007, p. 99-114. (available online at http://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/volltexte/6751/)
and
Wlater Slaje, “Der Sanskrit-Kommentar,” in: Michael Quisinsky (Hrsg.): Kommentarkulturen: die Auslegung zentraler Texte der Weltreligionen; ein vergleichender Überblick. Köln: Böhlau, 2007, p. 70 -97. (available online at https://www.academia.edu/7517545/2007c_Der_Sanskrit-Kommentar_Kommentarkulturen_)
may be of interest if the graduate student you mention reads German.
With best wishes,
Philipp
I received this query from a graduate student, and would appreciate any responses to her question:In his recent article "Mindsets and Commentarial Conventions among Indian Buddhists" (March 2015 issue of JAAR), one of the issues Richard Nance discusses is the importance of commentarial literature as markers of historical development of ideas from Sanskrit root texts. Nance also acknowledges the problems embedded in the study of commentaries. Since I use nibandhas in my research, I would greatly appreciate suggestions for further readings of this nature that examine the relevance of commentaries and nibandha literature in pre-modern South Asia.With thanks,Patrick
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