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Schweizerische
Asiengesellschaft
Société Suisse-Asie m
Johannes Bronkhorst, professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the
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University of Lausanne, Switzerland, from 1987 to 2011, undoubt- y
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last three decades. His abundant work testifies to an unparalleled a
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The present felicitation volume includes thirty-two essays by some d
of the finest scholars in the field of indology, which reflect Johannes e
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Bronkhorst’s main scholarly contributions: Grammar, Philosophy, i Johannes Bronkhorst Felicitation Volume
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Vedic Studies, Buddhism and Jainism, Dharmaśāstra and Arthaśāstra, r
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intellectual and spiritual pursuits and speculations in Ancient India,
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Jan E.M. Houben, and an ongoing bibliography of his work.
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c FRANÇOIS VOEGELI, VINCENT ELTSCHINGER,
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D DANIELLE FELLER, MARIA PIERA CANDOTTI,
François Voegeli has a PhD in Sanskrit Philology from the University i, Du suD et De
of Lausanne. His main research interests are Vedic ritual, Vedic philol- tt l’asie centrale BOGDAN DIACONESCU & MALHAR KULKARNI (EDS)
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ogy, and the archaeology of South Asia.
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Vincent Eltschinger is a research fellow at the Austrian Academy of a
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Sciences and currently focuses on the religious background and
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apologetic dimensions of late Indian Buddhist philosophy. e
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Danielle Feller teaches Indian religions at the University of Lausanne, F
Switzerland, and her main field of research concerns the Sanskrit r,
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epics and kāvya literature. g
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Maria Piera Candotti is Lecturer in Sanskrit at the University of hi
Lausanne. Her interest mainly concerns the metalinguistic theories c
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developped in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaran.a). lt
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Bogdan Diaconescu is an Indologist and scholar of religion who spe- li,
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cialises in Sanskrit knowledge-systems and Indian religions, studied g
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in their various historical and cultural interactions, Sanskrit and Pali
o
linguistics, and the expansion of Indian thought in Asia. V
Malhar Kulkarni is a Vaiyakarana by training and currently teaches at
the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.
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Schweizerische
Asiengesellschaft
Société Suisse-Asie m
Johannes Bronkhorst, professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the
a
University of Lausanne, Switzerland, from 1987 to 2011, undoubt- y
edly belongs to the most talented and significant indologists of the tı
t
last three decades. His abundant work testifies to an unparalleled a
d
range of interests from early Buddhism to grammar, mathematics to
a
asceticism, philosophy to archaeology, and is characterized by the v
e
determination to challenge preconceived ideas, clichés and tradi- D
DEVADATTIyAM
tional (mis)constructs. )
s
The present felicitation volume includes thirty-two essays by some d
of the finest scholars in the field of indology, which reflect Johannes e
(
Bronkhorst’s main scholarly contributions: Grammar, Philosophy, i Johannes Bronkhorst Felicitation Volume
n
Vedic Studies, Buddhism and Jainism, Dharmaśāstra and Arthaśāstra, r
a
Epics and Purān.as. It presents an almost complete spectrum of the k 5
l
u
intellectual and spiritual pursuits and speculations in Ancient India,
K
and will be of inestimable value to the specialists of all fields of u, worlDs of south
Indology. The volume also includes a presentation of Johannes c anD inner asia
s
Bronkhorst’s academic career and contribution to Indian Studies by e welten süD- unD
n
Jan E.M. Houben, and an ongoing bibliography of his work.
o Zentralasiens
c FRANÇOIS VOEGELI, VINCENT ELTSCHINGER,
a MonDes De l’asie
i
D DANIELLE FELLER, MARIA PIERA CANDOTTI,
François Voegeli has a PhD in Sanskrit Philology from the University i, Du suD et De
of Lausanne. His main research interests are Vedic ritual, Vedic philol- tt l’asie centrale BOGDAN DIACONESCU & MALHAR KULKARNI (EDS)
o
ogy, and the archaeology of South Asia.
d
n
Vincent Eltschinger is a research fellow at the Austrian Academy of a
C
Sciences and currently focuses on the religious background and
r,
apologetic dimensions of late Indian Buddhist philosophy. e
l
l
e
Danielle Feller teaches Indian religions at the University of Lausanne, F
Switzerland, and her main field of research concerns the Sanskrit r,
e
epics and kāvya literature. g
n
Maria Piera Candotti is Lecturer in Sanskrit at the University of hi
Lausanne. Her interest mainly concerns the metalinguistic theories c
s
developped in the Sanskrit grammatical tradition (vyākaran.a). lt
E
Bogdan Diaconescu is an Indologist and scholar of religion who spe- li,
e
cialises in Sanskrit knowledge-systems and Indian religions, studied g
e
in their various historical and cultural interactions, Sanskrit and Pali
o
linguistics, and the expansion of Indian thought in Asia. V
Malhar Kulkarni is a Vaiyakarana by training and currently teaches at
the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements..............................................................................xi
Foreword...........................................................................................xiii
JAN E. M. HOUBEN
Johannes Bronkhorst and Indian Studies..............................................1
GRAMMAR
MARIA PIERA CANDOTTI
Naming-Procedure and Substitution in Early
Sanskrit Grammarians.........................................................................11
GEORGE CARDONA
Pāṇini and Padakāras..........................................................................39
ABHIJIT GHOSH
Yāska’s Treatment of Verb vis-à-vis Noun: Will the Verbal Noun
Please Stand up?..................................................................................63
JAN E. M. HOUBEN
On the bahiraṅga-Rule in Pāṇinian Grammar:
Nāgeśa and Nārāyaṇa..........................................................................79
EIVIND KAHRS
Bharthari and the Tradition: karmapravacanīya.............................107
MALHAR KULKARNI, ANUJA AJOTIKAR & TANUJA AJOTIKAR
Derivation of the Declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Cāndra
Vyākaraṇa.........................................................................................123
THOMAS OBERLIES
Cāndriana Inedita (Studien zum Cāndravyākaraṇa V).....................143
HIDEYO OGAWA
Patañjali’s View of a Sentence Meaning and Its Acceptance by
Bharthari..........................................................................................159
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PHILOSOPHY
ASHOK AKLUJKAR
Authorship of the Saṅkarṣa-kāṇḍa....................................................191
ELI FRANCO
Once Again on the Desires of the Buddha........................................229
VASHISHTA NARAYAN JHA
Ontology of Relations. The Approach of Navya Nyāya...................247
KLAUS KARTTUNEN
Wise Men and Ascetics. Indian Philosophy and Philosophers in
Classical Antiquity............................................................................259
RAFFAELE TORELLA
Studies in Utpaladeva’s Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivti. Part V: Self-
Awareness and Yogic Perception.....................................................275
TOSHIHIRO WADA
Śaśadhara on Invariable Concomitance (vyāpti) (1).........................301
VEDIC STUDIES
JOEL P. BRERETON
On the Particle hí in the gveda.......................................................323
MADHAV M. DESHPANDE
Vedas and Their Śākhās: Contested Relationships...........................341
ASKO PARPOLA
The Anupadasūtra of Sāmaveda and Jaimini: Prolegomena to a
Forthcoming Edition and Translation...............................................363
PETER M. SCHARF
Vedic Accent: Underlying versus Surface........................................405
