Madhav,

Thanks for this. This brings up the question of “honey” as a metaphor in Vedic tradition generally. What was the “honey-ness” that was found I each footstep?

Naturally, very difficult to ascertain, but interesting to contemplate. 

Jim

On Dec 26, 2021, at 11:25 AM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh@umich.edu> wrote:

Dear Jim,

Check out R̥gveda 1.154.4-5 that refer to Viṣṇoḥ padāni as being filled with Madhu and having a fount of Madhu.

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, Dec 26, 2021 at 11:10 AM Jim Ryan via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Hi,

I’m looking for scholarship relating to the Honey Doctrine sonorously invoked in Bṛhadāraṇyaka U., 2.5.1-19. Are there Vedic antecedents anywhere?

Jim Ryan
Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus)
California Institute of Integral Studies



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