Tibetan Citations Of Bhartrharis Verses And Problem Of His Date

SR No.: 269718
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hajime Nakamura
Publisher: Hajime Nakamura
Total Pages: 15
Language: English
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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. Kyōgo 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 Bharthari. 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 Vijñānavāda, Bharthari says: 'kecid vyāvșttirūpām tu dravyatvena pracaksate/(Vākyap. 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 Bharthari 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 Vrşabhadeva upon the Vākyapadiya. 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):
Vyalito bheda-samsargau bhāvábhävau kramå kramau Satyányte ca visvátmá pravivekāt 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 Bharthari. He expresses his sincere gratitude to Dr. Hacker who kindly sent him copies of his valuable works.