Madhav M Deshpande
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Vyakarana holds an uncontested place of honour in Indology, and Panini's grammar in particular is a basic source in argumentation not only among Paniniyas but also for students of Indian literature and sastras regardless of their particular areas of concentration. In this volume are published thirteen contributions presented in the Vyakarana section of the twelfth World Sanskrit Conference. The papers represent a considerable breadth of interest.
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This volume represents cutting-edge research in the field of Indian Linguistics and Culture. Eminent scholars of Indian Linguistics have offered insightful articles in honor of Professor George Cardona, who has been a luminary in the field of Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, and Paninian Studies for the past four decades. Besides Cardona's bibliography, the volume contains twenty three papers. In the section of Sanskrit Grammatical Theory the book discusses certain ...
Kaundabhatta's Vaiyakarana-bhusana is a massive work on semantic theory written in India in the 17th century. Kaundabhatta belonged to the tradition of Sanskrit grammar and in this work he consolidated the philosophy of language developed in the Paninian tradition of Sanskrit grammar. His work takes account of the philosophical debate which occurred in classical and medieval India among the philosophers and grammarians from about 500 BC. To the 17th ...