On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM Walter Slaje via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Lyne,
With reference to what you wrote in your paper:
"[…] that Bhāskara could have been more or less contemporary with Śaṅkara. In that case, Bhāskara’s mūla would be the earliest evidence (c. 9th century) of the Kashmirian Gītā […]"
I would like to draw the list's attention to Christophe Vielle's recently published study, which contains important findings that cannot be underestimated with regard to a precise, absolute dating of Śaṅkara during the reign of Vijayāditya [696–733 CE].
See his 'The Great (Divine) Self Behind the Many Deities: The Vedānta Connection of the Nirukta Tradition,' in: ABORI 104 (2023) [publ.], § 4.
It would also bring down the date of Bhāskara, the Vedāntin from Kashmir, to around the early 8th century.
Warmly,
Walter
Am Fr., 22. Aug. 2025 um 15:23 Uhr schrieb Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>:
Dear colleagues,

All thanks for this very interesting discussion.

I would like to add another stone to the edifice of reasoning.

In 2018, Judit Törzsök and I published a paper entitled "Abhinavagupta on the Kashmirian Gītā. Announcement of the First Critical Edition of the Gītārthasaṃgraha, with the Reconstruction of the Text of the Kashmirian Gītā [..] and a French translation of Both Texts", in Journal of Indian Philosophy (46.1: 31-64).

Its final section (an Appendix, in fact), p.50 ff., deals with the (?) Bhāskara (his identity, his place of origin, his philosophical persuasion, etc.) under consideration in the platform’s discussion.

I attach the paper, hoping that our colleagues might find further information there, and perhaps new material for other conclusions.

Best wishes,

Lyne
NB: Some of you referred to Kato 2014. It happened that while preparing the J’s paper, I came through a first draft of Kato’s paper, and that I suggested a few emendations, mostly on the reasoning; see the printed Kato’s paper. It so happens that I had access to a first version of his paper and that I suggested some amendments, primarily concerning the reasoning.
Lyne Bansat-Boudon

Directeur d'études pour les Religions de l'Inde

Ecole pratique des hautes études, section des sciences religieuses

Membre senior honoraire de l'Institut universitaire de France
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