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2012 · rif. DKP-9788124606315 — D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. 2012. 1st. Hardcover. New. xxiv 591p. Making any valuable and original contribution to the treasure troves of knowledge and world literature based on serious studies deep thought extensive research intensive literary discourses and experience gained through continued exposure and involvement is not everybody's forte. It is for such literary acumen intrinsic scholastic qualities and other personal attributes that make Dr. Ashok Aklujkar stand out and be regarded as the world-renowned Sanskrit scholar of the modern times in whose honour and appreciation this volume has been compiled and published.Several leading and gifted scholars from across the world have contributed a wide range of interesting research articles for this special volume that deal with major areas of Sanskrit and related studies such as philosophy religion linguistics poetics art and sociology. As a befitting tribute to the scholarly interests and attainments reflected in the published works of Prof. Aklujkar essays exploring the complexities in Sanskrit grammars and Indic linguistic philosophy take the centre stage in this volume. Good care has also been taken to devote sufficient space to the poetics and the inherent relation between Sanskrit and Pali Þ the two other important areas Prof. Aklujkar has focussed on from time to time.In this compendium of assorted and absorbing articles authored by quite senior and well-known scholars of repute appear alongside an equal number of articles from new generation young scholars of merit wherein they have attempted to offer the fruits of their original and critical research work.The result: a panorama of interesting readings that introduce the reader to the unique diversity and richness of Indology from various vantage points. Contents: PREFACE A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF PROFESSOR ASHOK NARHAR AKLUJKAR PUBLICATIONS OF PROFESSOR ASHOK AKLUJKAR ACHARYA DIWAKARThe Patravidhi: A Lakuliœa Paœupata Manual on Purification and Use of the Initiate’s Vessel ARJUNWADKAR KRISHNA S.God’s Place in the Six Orthodox Systems BAHULKAR SHRIKANT S. AND DEOKARMAHESH A.Ideology and Language Identity: a Buddhist Perspective BRONKHORST JOHANNESBhattoji Dikshita and the Revival of the Philosophy of Grammar CANDOTTI MARIA PIERAThe Role and Import of the Metalinguistic Chapters inthe New Paninian Grammars CARDONA GEORGEA Note on Vakyapadiya 1.45/46: atmabhedas tayoh kecid… DAS RAHUL PETEROn “Hindu” Bioethics DEOKAR LATA M.Some Observations on Buddhism and Lexicography DEOKARMAHESH A.Some Probable Sanskrit Sources of the Pali Grammarianswith special reference to Aggava.saDESHPANDEMADHAV M.Bhattoji Dikshita’s Perceptions of Intellectual History: Narrative of Fall andRecovery of the Grammatical Authority DESMARAIS MICHELE M.Close Relations: Pandits Pedagogy and PlasticityFUJII TAKAMICHISentence Meaning as a Causal Process GEROW EDWINBengali Vaishnava Aesthetics GILLON BRENDAN S.Exocentric bahuvrihi Compounds in Classical Sanskrit GRANOFF PHYLLISThe Art of the Philosopher: Painting and Sculpture as Metaphor HAAG PASCALEI Wanna Be a Brahmin Too. Grammar Tradition and Mythology as Means forSocial Legitimisation among the Vaidyas in Bengal HIRANO KATSUNORIHistorical Significance of the Definition of Universal in the Vyomavati HOUBEN JAN E. M.Grammar & Other Modes of the Mind KANO KYOBlue Smoke: Perceptual Judgment in the Determination of Causal Nexus KATAOKA KEIIs Killing Bad Dispute on Animal Sacrifices between Buddhism andMimamsa KAWAJIRI YOHEIA Critical Edition of the Ishvarapratyabhijnavimarshinivyakhya onthe mangala verse of the Ishvarapratyabhijnavimarshini OGAWA HIDEYOAbstraction apoddhara Theory and a Sentence Meaning: A Study ofthe Vritti on VP 2.39 OLIVELLE PATRICKThe Implicit Audience of Legal Texts in Ancient India POLLOCK SHELDONRasa after Abhinava SARMA SREERAMULA RAJESWARAAvid Mathematician and the Spurned Wife: A Motif fromthe Dhammillahimdi SHARMA ARVINDA Textual Variant in the Aitareyopanishad and Its Overlooked Significance forthe Position of Women in Hinduism SPARHAM GARETHAbhisamayalamkara 2.20: on the Difference Between stobha in the Samaveda andPrajnaparamita TORELLA RAFFAELEObservations on yogipratyaksha UNEBE TOSHIYACognition and Language: A Discussion of Vakyapadiya 1.131 with Regard toCriticism from the Buddhists VERGIANI VINCENZOBhartrhari’s Views on Liminal Perception and Self-Awareness WADA TOSHIHIROGangesha on the Meaning of Verbal Suffixes 2 WATANABE CHIKAFUMIMadhyamakahrdayakarika III. 147–158 YOSHIMIZU KIYOTAKATradition and Reflection in Kumarila’s Last Stand against the Grammarians’Theories of Verbal Denotation INDEX D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd. hardcover