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