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‘Disagreement without disrespect’: transitions in a lineage from Bhaṭṭoji to Nāgeśa

In investigating the lineage links from Bhaṭṭoji to Nāgeśa, we first distinguish between two types of lineages, namely the family lineage and the teacher–disciple lineage. In exploring the relations between Bhaṭṭoji, his brother Raṅgoji, Raṅgoji’s son Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa and Bhaṭṭoji’s own grandson Haridīkṣita, we are dealing with the family lineage. The relationships between Bhaṭṭoji and his teacher Śeṣakṛṣṇa, between Haridīkṣita and Nāgeśa, and Nāgeśa and Vaidyanātha, belong to the teacher–disciple lineage type. In the former, there is a double relationship, while in the latter, the relationship is mainly ideological. While one expects to see respectful treatment of seniors in these lineages by the junior members, what is more interesting is to see how the disagreements manifest within the lineages of both types. How does one disagree with one’s own teacher or uncle, without showing disrespect? The members of these lineages developed fine-tuned and subtle ways of expressing their differences. Within these four or five generations, Bhaṭṭoji’s disagreements with Śeṣakṛṣṇa became a perceived sign of his disrespect for his teacher, while Nāgeśa’s disagreements with Bhaṭṭoji and Haridīkṣita were expressed in ways that did not express disrespect. All the same, Nāgeśa and his disciples broke new ground and claimed to have initiated a Navya school of grammar, marking departure from Bhaṭṭoji and Haridīkṣita, who were deemed to belong to the ‘Prāc’ or old school.