Anett Krause
Mokṣopāya: Stellenkonkordanz Mokṣopāya – Yogavāsiṣṭha – Laghuyogavāsiṣṭha.
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2022, pp. 252. 68,00 EUR.
ISBN 978-3-447-11713-5
The present concordance enables for the first time a direct synopsis of the verse numbers of the Mokṣopāya edition with those of the Yogavāsiṣṭha edition as well as with the abridged & truncated edition printed under the title Laghu-Yogavāsiṣṭha.
Of particular importance is the possibility, for the first time, of identifying the corresponding passages of the Kashmirian Mokṣopāya from both the widely used and frequently cited pan-Indian Yogavāsiṣṭha vulgate and the geographically rather southerly Laghu-Yogavāsiṣṭha – and, of course, vice versa.
Anett Krause’s concordance of verse numbers allows quick access to the wording, content, context, and intention of the respective passages in all three printed versions. From now on, everyone can easily develop their own informed opinion on these points as well as on the question of origin and interdependencies.
Although the last and thus third volume of the text edition of the Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa of the Mokṣopāya (6.253-374 & Khilas) is still in progress, its numbering has already been finalized, which made the publication of the present concordance at this very time reasonable. The final volume that will complete the Mokṣopāya edition is expected to be published in 2023.
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