Sanskrit And Indian Studies

Double Negation in Navya-Ny?ya.- Authorship Problem of the Dhvany?loka.- The Contribution of R.G. Bhandarkar to the Study of Sanskrit Grammar.- Apoha and Pratibh?.- The ?atarudriya.- Hindu Concepts of Teacher, Sanskrit Guru and ?c?rya.- Ritual Syntax.- The Khetamukt?val? of N?si?ha.- A Logical Analysis of the M?lamadhyamakak?rik?.- Was Gau?ap?da an Idealist?.- Death as a Dancer in Hindu Mythology.- The Little Devotee: C?kkil?r's Story of Ci?utto ar.- On Impersonality and Bengali Religious Biography.- M?nasa-Pratyak?a: A Conundrum in the Buddhist Pram a System.

Lectures delivered at the Gauhati University.

The book at hand tries to give such a comprehensive and systematically organized description of the peculiarities of the Epic language and the features that distinguish it from Vedic and standard Paninian Sanskrit.

Revised and updated version of lectures delivered by the author at various seminars and conferences.