Well, this is somewhat embarrassing. I am now returning to a set of songs by Rūpa Gosvāmin that I must have been looking at while working on my dissertation, but which I decided not to include (grantha-gaurava-bhayāt) and set aside. I honestly do not remember my post to this listserv from 2011, and I'm failing to find it again by searching the listserv archive.

Thank you, Asko, for the valuable entry on Jaimini.

And thanks to Arlo for the very helpful reference. Now I have a concrete (or, well, stone) and dateable reference for the connection of Jaimini's name to warding off lighting. It is noteworthy that the first half of the second verse cited by Baladeva is identical with the reading that you suggest, Arlo, "by emending less conservatively."
--
David Buchta, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
Department of Classics
Brown University


On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM Arlo Griffiths <arlogriffiths@hotmail.com> wrote:
I don’t remember the 2011 discussion, so at the risk of repeating myself, allow me to share this short Sanskrit text related to Dave’s verses:

Arlo Griffiths


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Pada 13 Jan 2025, pukul 21.56, Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> menulis:


Dear Dave,

Jaimini as a name counteracting thunder is known to me only from your earlier 2011 post on the subject.

Otherwise Jaimini has figured much in my research. I attach my 2023 encyclopedia article on Jaimini and Bādarāyaṇa.

With best regards and wishes, Asko Parpola


On 12. Jan 2025, at 20.52, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I'm seeking information about a nāga-stotra.
Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa (!8th century) cites these verses in his commentary to a song by Rūpa Gosvāmin:

muneḥ kalyāṇamitrasya jaimineś cāpi kīrtanāt
vidyud-agni-bhayaṃ nāsti likhite ca gṛhodare
jaiminiś ca sumantuś ca vaiśampāyana eva ca
pulastyaḥ pulahaś caiva pañcaite vajra-vāraṇāḥ

I have found these verses on many websites (usually in the opposite order, and with a few minor variants) as part of a nāga-stotra supposed to be recited on nāga-pañcamī.

Does anyone know anything more about this text? Is it part of a larger Purāṇa or the like? Or just a traditionally transmitted floating stotra? I'd also be happy to hear about any other sources for this idea of reciting sages' names (especially Jaimini) to counteract fear caused by thunder.

Thanks,
Dave
--
David Buchta, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
Department of Classics
Brown University

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<Parpola_A_2023 Jaimini and Ba ̄darāyaṇa, pp 375-379 in K. A. Jacobsen (ed.), Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism VII.pdf>