Tibetan Citations Of Bhartaharis Verses And Problem Of His Date

SR No.: 269393
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hajime Nakamura
Publisher: Hajime Nakamura
Total Pages: 16
Language: English
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136 HAJIME NAKAMURA At the end of this article the author should not fail to mention the names of the scholars who kindly helped him in carrying on this study. Prof. Yamaguchi introduced him to Dr. Kensho Hasuba and Dr. Kyogo Sasaki, who went over No-bo-nid med-pa's works in order to discover the suspected citations of Bhartshari's verses. Prof. Josho Nozawa kindly informed him of Bhavya's citation of a verse of Bhartphari. Dr. Bunkyo Aoki and Prof. Shinya Kasugai did not spare efforts to give the author valuable suggestions. Here the author wants to express his sincere gratitude to these scholars, without whose kind help this article could not have been brought to its present state of completion. P. S. Referring to the Vijnanavada, Bhartshari says: 'kecid vyavsttirupam tu dravyatvena pracaksate/(Vakyap. 3, 1, 19. p. 22.) This must refer to later Buddhist Idealists, not to such earlier ones as Asanga and Vasubandhu. If so, the date of Bhartphari should not be fixed in a period much earlier than was set forth above. The Sanskrit original of the above-mentioned fragment No. 5 is found in the commentary by Vrsabhadeva upon the Vakyapadiya. As the text is not now available to the writer, he wants to cite Dr. Hacker's explanation: "In einer Reihe von 12 Strophen, die der Kommentar zitiert, befindet sich die folgende (p. 7,1-2): Vyatito bheda-samsargau bhavabhavau kramakramau Satyanste ca visvatma pravivekat prakasate," (Paul Hacker : Vivarta. Studien zur Geschichte der illusonistischen Kosmologie und Erkenntnistheorie der Inder. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Abhandlungen der Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1953. Nr. 5. S. 205.) Dr. Hacker takes this anonymous verse for a later development. Taking the above-cited Tibetan version into consideration, however, the present writer thinks that this verse also should be ascribed to Bhartphari. He expresses his sincere gratitude to Dr. Hacker who kindly sent him copies of his valuable works.