Re: Bizot's Kaccayana recordings?

From: Eisel Mazard
Message: 1897
Date: 2006-06-06

Re: Ole's article:

> The connection between the
> Mulasarvastivadins and the Kaccayana tradition of SEA is
> fascinating.

This would be very interesting to me, and also to Lorrillard at the
EFEO (he's interested in the presence of Sarvastivadins and other Sk.
schools prior to and coeval with Theravada in mainland S.E.A.).  Could
someone mention the title or publication data of the _festrscrift_
this article was published in?  I assume we're not talking about
Bizot's _Purité des Mots..._, but some other work that he edited?

> I will send you an early draft of my work on this subject soon.

Justin, I recall your article on A.P. & Foetus rituals quite well, but
I do not recall any special discussion of Kacc. or grammatical texts
in connection with the rituals (perhaps it was an earlier draft, in
which the focus was still on A.P. & cosmology?).

As I mentioned to you long ago, there is a Professor F.G. at UofT
largely specialized in things Tibetan, whose thesis (etc.) was on the
embryo in Buddhism; she would likely have interesting comparisons to
draw with Sk. & Tibetan sources.  Her list of past publications is to
be found here:
    http://individual.utoronto.ca/garrett/garrett.html

Several months ago I received one very flattering description of her
as a kind and engaged professor --previous to that I had only heard
bad reivews, but from admittedly dour sources (viz., from those who
are inclined to speak ill by default).

I'm sure she's quite isolated in Toronto, and would probably be happy
to hear from you.  The UofT's dept. of religious studies is, in
Warder's idiom, "A department of Christianity masqerading as a
department of comparative religion."

E.M.

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