LINGUISTIC TRADITIONS OF KASHMIR – ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF PANDIT DINANATH YAKSH EDITED BY MRINAL KAUL AND ASHOK AKLUJKAR
Sunday, July 28, 2013
The present volume consists of original research papers. It
is not a collection or anthology in which specialists of the different aspects
of Kashmirian use or study of languages were invited to the write essays
surveying the aspects best known to them or to produce state of the art reports
about the scholarly study of the aspects. An effort, however, has been made in
the introduction to provide the general background that a reader may need in order
to situate the papers in the proper intellectual and historical context. The
introduction further outlines the themes that could and should be particulataly
explored to lead us to a fuller and sharper understanding of Kashmir’s
analytical engagement with language. The appendices toward the end of the
volume then complement the introduction by presenting objective and practical
information about the manuscripts etc of works in Sanskrit.
The volume could connect the results of the work done in the
past with the work to be done in the future by adding to the knowledge in the
present because of the articles it attracted from veteran as well as upcoming
researchers. The reader will find here discussions bearing upon the authors of
texts; discussions devoted to elucidating single passages, as well as
discussions exploring instances of intertextuality; and discussions exclusively
addressing individual grammars, as well as discussions engaging in the relation
of one grammatical school with another.
Mrinal Kaul earned his M.A. degree in Sanskrit from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and M. St. degree in Oriental Studies (Classical Indology) from the University of Oxford. He also studied Indian Logic and Manuscriptology in the University of Pune. He maintains his interest in Indian Philosophical literatures and Kashmirian Saiva schools.
Ashok Aklujkar received his M.A. degree in Sanskrit and Pali from the University of Poona and his Ph.d degree in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Harvard University. He taught courses in Sanskrit language and in the related mythological and philosophical literatures (occasionally also in Indian belles letters in general) at the University of British Columbia from 1969 to 2006. His published research is mostly in areas of Sanskrit linguistic tradition and poetics. Advanced students have worked under his guidance in the areas of Buddhist and Brahmanical philosophy, religion and mythology.
Book: Linguistic
Traditions of Kashmir – Essays in Memory of Pandit Dinanath Yaksh
Author:
Edited by Mrinal Kaul and Ashok Aklujkar
ISBN: 812460440-1
Number of Pages: XXV + 593
Language: English
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