La question de la non-dualité dans la Jaiminiyasamhita du Brahmandapurana

Le Janakaprasna
Le Jaiminiyasamhita, en partie inédite, est une ÷uvre puranique de nature «encyclopédique». Dans une section de six chapitres intitulée «La question de Janaka» (Janakaprasna), le roi Kartaviryarjuna rend visite à Dattatreya, afin de recevoir un enseignement sur l'advaita, la «non-dualité». Ce dernier lui rapporte l'enseignement que le sage Asita transmit autrefois au roi mythique Janaka. Cette «question de Janaka», à l'instar des Upanisad, se présente sous la forme d'un dialogue entre un maître et un disciple. La thématique au c÷ur de ce dialogue concerne la nature du brahman et son rapport au corps. Elle permet à l'auteur de faire montre de l'étendue de son savoir dans des domaines aussi riches que variés: le développement embryonaire et les théories physiologiques, les conceptions cosmogoniques, les paradoxes de la non-dualité et les disciplines de salut, en particulier le yoga, influencé par des conceptions tantriques. Cette editio princeps du Janakaprasna est accompagnée d'une traduction et d'un commentaire qui approfondit les thématiques abordées, avec une attention particulière pour l'identification des sources et des textes parallèles. The Jaiminiyasamhita, which is partly unpublished, is a puranic and encyclopaedic work. In its section called "Janaka's question" (Janakaprasna), King Kartaviryarjuna questions Dattatreya about the "non-duality" (advaita). The latter gives the answer that the wise Asita gave once to the mythical King Janaka. "Janaka's question", exactly as the Upanisads, is composed as a dialogue between a master and his disciple. Its central theme is the nature of Brahman and the relationship of the former to the body. Therefrom, the author shows the extent of his knowledge in many and various fields: embryonic development and physiological theories, cosmogonical conceptions, paradoxes of non-duality, paths to salvation, especially yoga, influenced by Tantric patterns. This editio princeps is accompanied by a translation and a commentary that goes deeper into the different topics and focuses its attention on the sources and parallel texts.

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