Tradition and Argument in Classical Indian Linguistics :
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[Book]
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the Bahiraṅga-Paribhāṣā in the Paribhāṣenduśekhara
First Statement of Responsibility
by Johannes Bronkhorst.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1986
SERIES
Series Title
Studies of classical India, 6.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I: N?ge?a's Interpretation of the BP --;1. The Structure of N?ge?a's discussion --;2. The Meanings of A?ga --;3. The Justifications of the Paribh??? --;4. Restrictions on the Use of the BP --;5. The Two-Word Principle --;6. Summary and Illustrations --;II: More from the P? on PAR. L --;7. Some Difficult Passages in the Discussion of Par. L (I) --;8. Some Difficult Passages in the Discussion of Par. L (II) --;9. Vaidyan?tha P?yagu??a and?e??drisudh? --;10. An Apparent Contradiction Resolved --;11. Excursus: On the Development of Certain of N?ge?a's Ideas Regarding the Philosophy of Grammar --;12. A Use of BP2 in the Context of BP1 --;III: The Remainder of the P? --;13. Par. LI --;14. Further Passages from the P? --;IV: What Went Wrong? --;15. Vaidyan?tha P?yagu??a on Par. L --;16. Concluding Remarks --;Appendices --;I. The Original Text of the Paribh??endu?ekhara on Par. L --;III. On the Relative Chronology of N?ge?a's Grammatical Works --;IV. Changes in N?ge?a's Opinions Regarding the BP and the NP --;Notes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book was written as a doctoral thesis. His ability to understand difficult grammatical and philosophical texts in Sanskrit was unequalled, and without his help it would have taken far longer to write this book and indeed might very well have proved impossible.