Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology

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This book contains thirty-four essays written by eminent philosophers and indologists in honor of the erudite scholar of Indian studies, Professor Gustav Roth.

Citation Prasad, Hari Shankar, ed. Philosophy, Grammar, and Indology: Essays in Honour of Professor Gustav Roth. Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica Series 20. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 1992.


    • Prefacev
    • Bio-data of Dr. phil., Dr. h.c. Gustav Rothxi
    • Bibliography of Professor Gustav Rothxxi
  • 1. Sibjiban Bhattacharya: Meaning and Scepticism: Some Indian Themes and Theories1
  • 2. S.S. Barlingay: The Grammar of (Indian) Moral Concepts21
  • 3. Rajendra P. Pandey: Language and Significance37
  • 4. G.L. Pandit: Rediscovering Indian Philosophy: Out of Text and Into Text41
  • 5. K.N.Tiwari: Logicalism and Anthropocentrism in Linguistic Meaning53
  • 6. P.R. Bhat: Philosophical Problems and Language in Wittgenstein61
  • 7. N.K. Devaraja: Self and Freedom: The Vedantic and Phenomenological Perspectives79
  • 8. Arvind Kumar Rai: The Positive Dimension of Śunyatā in Nāgārjuna87
  • 9. Vijay Bharadwaja: Svadharma and Mokṣa: A Critique95
  • 10. Deepkant Prasad: The Concept of Justification and Svataḥprāmāṇya-
         Parataḥprāmāṇya Debate
    103
  • 11. R.I. Ingalalli: Pramanya (Validity of Knowledge)143
  • 12. Raghunath Ghosh: Some Problems Concerning the Comprehension of Meaning157
  • 13. Tulsi Ram Kanaujia: Heterogeneity of Arthāpatti165
  • 14. Rajesh Kumar Jha: Advaitism as Revealed in the Saudarya-laharī of Śaṃkara85
  • 15. Ramesh Kumar Sharma: Reality of the External World: Yoga vs.
         Buddhist Idealism
    221
  • 16. H. S. Prasad: Śāntideva on Roots and Resolutions of Violence233
  • 17. Hajime Nakamura: Buddhist Influence as is Noticed in the Fourth Chapter of the
         Gauḍapādīya-Kārikā-s
    241
  • 18. Harsh Narain: Nibbāna: Extinction or Emancipation259
  • 19. N.H. Samtani: Mahāyāna Elements in Thai Buddhism267
  • 20. S.C. Goswami: The Monistic Absolute of the Uttaratantra and Modem Science275
  • 21. Sanghasen Singh: On the Restoration of the Śrīghanācārasaṃgraha283
  • 22. K.T.S. Sarao: Did the Buddha Really Belong to the Sixth-fifth Century B.C.303
  • 23. Hisashi Matsumura: A Story of Seeking after the Dharma and a Verse on
         Impermanence-Another Mahāyāna Element in Sri Lanka Literature
    319
  • 24. K.R. Norman: The Nasalisation of Vowels in Middle Indo-Aryan331
  • 25. Georg von Simson: Gaṇeśa and Vṛtra339
  • 26. Utz Podzeit: Indian Manuscripts in Vienna351
  • 27. Lokesh Chandra & Sudarshan Devi Singhal: Avalokiteśvara in Tun-Huang
         Painting
    359
  • 28. Chandra B. Varma: A Translator's Approach with Reference to the
         Abhidhammatthasaṅgahasarūpa
    373
  • 29. T.S. Rukmani: Upaniṣadic Philosophy and the Pañcakośa Concept
         Compared with Recent Humanistic Psychology in the West
    383
  • 30. S.C. Goswami: Complementarity of Opposites: The Undercurrent of Upaniṣadic
         Thought
    389
  • 31. V.N. Jha: Jayanta on Prātibhajñāna399
  • 32. Keshab Chandra Dash: Pronominal Reference and Inferential Mechanism in Micro-
         Structural Representation
    403
  • 33. K. Maheswaran Nair: On the Hindu Thinking on Conversion to Buddhism in
         Kerala
    413
  • 34. Ashok Kumar Goswami: Contributions of Anundoram Borooah to Sanskrit423
  • 35. 'List of Contributors' 437