Why Śrīdhara Svāmī? The Makings of a Successful Sanskrit Commentary
Why Śrīdhara Svāmī? The Makings of a Successful Sanskrit Commentary
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为什么是《斯里达拉·斯瓦米》（Śrīdhara Svāmī）？成功的梵文注释的要素
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10.3390/rel11090436
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
Ravi M. Gupta
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作者：
Ravi M. Gupta
ŚrīDhara Svāmī‘S对BhāGavata purāṇa的评论，被称为Bhāvārtha-dīPikā，创作于14世纪中叶至15世纪中叶，对后来的Bhā加瓦塔评论产生了非凡的影响，甚至对更广泛的VaiṣṇAva传统产生了非凡的影响。本文提出了一个直截了当的问题：“为什么选择ŚrīDhara？”聚焦于彩坦尼亚VaiṣṇAva的传统，特别是Jīva Gosvāmī，ŚrīDhara对他来说是基础，我们问道：“ŚrīDhara Svāmī‘S的评论-无论在文体上还是神学上-是什么让它对Caitanya VaiṣṇAVA和其他BhāGavata解说员如此有用？”这个问题，在一定程度上可以得到回答，对于我们理解ŚrīDhara的神学以及早期Caitanya VaiṣṇAva传统的发展有影响，但它也可以帮助我们洞察ŚRidhara在早期现代印度影响更广泛的原因。
Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, called Bhāvārtha-dīpikā and composed sometime between the mid-fourteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries, has exerted extraordinary influence on later Bhāgavata commentaries, and indeed, on Vaiṣṇava traditions more generally. This article raises a straightforward question: “Why Śrīdhara?” Focusing on the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava tradition, particularly Jīva Gosvāmī, for whom Śrīdhara is foundational, we ask, “What is it about Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary—both stylistically and theologically—that made it so useful to Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas and other Bhāgavata commentators?” This question, to the extent that it can be answered, has implications for our understanding of Śrīdhara’s theology as well as the development of the early Caitanya Vaiṣṇava tradition, but it can also lend insight into the reasons for Śridhara’s influence more generally in early modern India.