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.

Contents

• • 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 Debate103
• 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 Idealism221
• 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-s241
• 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 Literature319
• 24. K.R. Norman: The Nasalisation of Vowels in Middle Indo-Aryan331
• 25. Georg von Simson: Gaṇeśa and Vṛtra339

Mahāyāna - Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion. Skt. महायान Tib. ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། Ch. 大乘

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These are the root verses of the Uttaratantra attributed to Maitreya by the Tibetan tradition.

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Uttaratantra - The Ultimate Continuum, or Gyü Lama, is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the Ratnagotravibhāga of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra. Skt. उत्तरतन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད་བླ་མ་ Ch. 寶性論

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