Some Observations On Manuscript Transmission Of Nyayabhasya

SR No.: 269206
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Yasutaka Muroya
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Total Pages: 42
Language: English
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should consider cases of identical wording in the text of the NBh and the NV with caution, bearing this possible influence in mind. Cases of identical wording should therefore be treated differently than explicit references to the NBh or pratika-s in the NV.
Furthermore, as shown in Sections 3.1 and 3.2, the divergency of the text of the NS in the Kerala tradition from the one represented by Vācaspati Miśra I suggests that the transmission of the text of the NS appears to have undergone some modifications already by his time. This naturally causes the suspicion that the text of the NBh utilized by him might also have already become to some extent divergent from the original text. 134 Uddyotakara and Vācaspati often refer to the text of the NBh; their treatment of it should also be investigated with a view to determining their attitude towards divergent commentarial and philosophical traditions which may still be available or lost to us. Careful consideration of their treatment of the text of the NBh is especially important when there are substantial variants in the mss., in independent testimonies and in the texts of the NV and NVTT referring to the NBh, as shown in Section 4.2.1, where one may suspect that the two philosophers' complete silence on their deviation from Vätsyāyana gave rise to confusion in the transmission of the text of the NBh.
6. Bibliography
Abbreviations for the Manuscripts Consulted
ASC(1): Asiatic Society, Kolkata, "Nyāyasūtra," Ms. No. I.M. 613. BHU(1): Benares Hindu University, "Nyāyamañjari," Ms. No. C1015. GOML(1): Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Chennai, "Nyāyabhasyam," Ms. No. R. 3725. GOML(2): Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Chennai, "Nyāyasūtratātparyadipika," Ms. No. R. 3405. HJJM(1): Śrīhemacandrācārya Jaina Jñāna Mamdira, Patan/Pāțaņa, "Nyāya Bhusana Sāra Samgraha Vārttika," Ms. No. 10717. LDI(1): Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute, Ahmedabad, Srikanthiya Tippana," Photocopy Ms., Register No. 71182.
134 In this connection, it has to be noted that Vācaspati makes suggestive mention of a variant reading of the text of the NBh. In the introductory part of his commentary on NS 1.1.23, he adduces the variant sthānavata eva tarhi as a kuacit pathah different from the sthānavata etarhi quoted by him as a pratīka. Cf. NVTT 204,8-9.= EM 475,14-15: samsayalaksanavatāranaparam bhāsyam sthānavata etarhīti. ... kuacit pāthah sthānavata eva tarhīti. Our current collation attests the both readings, i.e., etarhi and eva tarhi, as the substantial ones.