Dear Dominik,

     I entirely agree with you. In some quarters there is a tendency to consider everything "western" to be a Pūrvapakṣa, with an implication that a Siddhānta can come only from what can be labeled "Indian." This "Indian" does not include "westernized Indian" but often includes "Indianized westerners." Such labels already distance a reader from the content of a given argument, and they have to first take sides based on the labels attached to arguments. Such is the sociopolitical reality of academics.

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 6:54 PM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Is there such a thing as a western perspective on the RV?  What might be the demarcation criteria for such a taxonomy?  And if such a category could be delineated, would it be desirable or fruitful to do so?  In my view, the category "western" or "the West" is best avoided because it is so deeply flawed, conceptually, that whatever you say it is, there are ten counter-examples.  The most obvious of which being that Japan, where much Vedic research is conducted, is east of India.

I prefer to proceed on the basis that all serious scholars are united in their pursuit of truth, wherever their desks may happen to be located.

Best,

Dominik Wujastyk

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 at 20:05, Veeranarayanacharya Pandurangi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Thanks. 

It is good they are moving ahead with this commentary, which was available partly few years ago. 

Still many mantras are left out for being too clear? for example 1.2.4-6 are left. 

I hope they will cover whole rgveda.

This will help us to understand the western perspective which I want to note in my new commentary on first mandala.

Any other suggestions?

On Sat, 24 Apr, 2021, 8:16 pm Olivelle, J P, <jpo@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

You can see the commentary here:

http://rigvedacommentary.alc.ucla.edu




> On Apr 24, 2021, at 9:04 AM, Veeranarayanacharya Pandurangi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear all
> I would like to have  comprehensive study material of rgveda which includes most of the recent research scholarship. I use Jamison 2014. But there is no explanation for translation followed. I would like to see such explanation for each and every word. A detailed commentary in English.
>
> I would like to know if
> Rgveda reverse word index is prepared by anyone.
> Thanks to all of you
> Veeranarayana NK Pandurangi
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