Jaiminya/Talavakara Brahmana

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Vishal Agarwal

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Sep 15, 2019, 8:29:44 PM9/15/19
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Namaskar!

I wanted to bring to the list members' attention a new edition (critical) of the Jaiminiya Brahmana aka Talavakara Brahmana published by IGNCA in three massive volumes (totaling approx 2000 pages) accompanied by a bare (though slightly interpretative) English translation. The work took several years in preparation and is a very significant addition to the recent editions of Vedic literature. One can buy it from Bibliaimpex.com or Exoticindia.com I hand carried my volumes from India 3 weeks back.

The original text critical edition was apparently started by Shri Bellikoth Ramachandra Sharma using several manuscripts but he fell ill and passed away. The variants are noted at the end of the last volume. The collated edition using this material and the translation was prepared by Dr H G Ranade (who has likewise prepared earlier translations and critical editions of Latyayana Shrautasutra (along with the commentaries) and translations of Katyayana Shrautasutra etc. Unfortunately, the scholar passed away around 2010 and the work lay with the publisher all along. Thereafter, the project was taken up recently directly with the Printing house with the assistance of other scholars, and now we have these 3 volumes.

As is well known, the Talavakara Brahmana is a variant of the ancient Shatyayaniya Brahmana (as well as the Bhallavi Brahmana according to Bhavatrata's vritti on Jaiminiya Shrautasutra), which is quoted profusely by Venkatamadhava and thence by Sayanacharya in narrating many Vedic narratives to explain RV Mantras. This Brahmana is as significant as the Shatapatha, but due to lack of complete English translations, it has largely been ignored. This is the case with several other non translated Vedic scriptures. The Jaiminiya Arsheya Brahmana is a variant of the Arsheya Brahmana (of Kauthuma Ranayaniya tradition). The Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana, of which the Kena Upanishad is a part, is also well known.

In the Jaiminiya and Jaiminya Upanishad Brahmanas, there are a lot of interesting legends which give some very rare historical/geographical information (e.g. change in the course of Sindhu in northern Sindh); and also more narratives on Ikshavakus than in other Brahmanas. The Brahmana runs parallel to the Tandya Brahmana, but has much more detail.

I hope that several other Samavedic scriptures that are partly published (e.g. Anupada Shrautrasutra; Jaiminiya Shrautasutra) or not published at all (e.g. Kalpanupada Sutra, Tanda Lakshana Sutra) get printed soon too. List members must be aware of recent editions of Jaiminiya Samaveda Samhita (per Kerala tradition, along with Ganams except Uha/Uhya/Rahasya) as well as the Ganas of Ranayaniyas (Purvagaana) printed recently, the last by the Dwaraka Shankara Matha.

Regards,

Vishal Agarwal

K S Kannan

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Sep 15, 2019, 8:42:37 PM9/15/19
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Valuable information.
Excellent gesture of Dr. Vishal Agarwal
- by way of providing useful texts for studying Hinduism.
Rather than mere lip-service, VA has shown by his action where his concerns are.
Actions speak louder than words.
Worthy of emulation.
We thank him heartily.

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Sep 15, 2019, 8:44:47 PM9/15/19
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Thanks, will try to get it soon.
श्रीमल्ललितालालितः
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 5:59 AM 'Vishal Agarwal' via भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत् <bvpar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Madhav Deshpande

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Sep 15, 2019, 10:15:17 PM9/15/19
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Dear Vishal,

     Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  Somehow the IGNCA website is not yet showing this publication, or I am missing something.  

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


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Vishal Agarwal

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Sep 16, 2019, 1:02:09 AM9/16/19
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Irene Galstian

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Sep 16, 2019, 1:16:27 AM9/16/19
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Thank you, Vishal. I’ll fill in a book recommendation request for our library to purchase this work before the stock is exhausted.
Does anybody know whether IGNCA have a mailing list, via which they announce upcoming titles? I’d love to sign up to it.

Irene

Trichur Rukmani

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Sep 17, 2019, 6:12:43 AM9/17/19
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So good to hear from you via this publication. If ever you are in Bangalore please do visit us.
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rukmani

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Vishal Agarwal

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Sep 22, 2019, 11:17:43 PM9/22/19
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Thank you and Namaskar Dr Rukmani-ji. 

I have not been to Bangalore since 2010. Since then, I have planned two trips but they got cancelled for some reason of the other. Whenever I visit next, I will definitely contact you. I do visit India frequently to see my parents. They are getting old now. I and my wife alternate so that they get at least 3 trips between the two of us every year. We were there last month, and the kids too visited to wish both their grandmothers on their 70th birthdays (just 2 days apart!). My brother in Bangalore visited us with his family last winter, and flies into Delhi every time I am there. So, a trip to Bangalore is overdue.

We are settled in Minneapolis at least till our retirement, which is at least 15 years away. I hope you and your family are doing well.

With regards,
Vishal



Vishal Agarwal

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Sep 22, 2019, 11:19:07 PM9/22/19
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I apologize for the personal message sent to the entire list :-)

Vishal

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