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Bhart\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{r} \)hari'ssamaya / HELĀrĀJA'SSa \(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{m} \) keta

A contribution to the Reconstruction of the Grammarians' Discussion with the Vaiśe\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{s} \)ikas on the relation between ‘'śabda’ and ‘artha’

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Abbreviations

AD:

Apte, V.S.,Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

MW:

Monier-Williams, M. F.,Sanskrit-Enlish Dictionary

NBh:

Nyāya Bhā \(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{s} \) ya. SeeNyāya Sūtra (1)

NS:

Nyāya Sūtra

PW:

Böhtlingk and Roth,Sanskrit-German Wörterbuch

VP:

Bhart\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{r} \)hari,Vākyapadīya

VP I, VP II, and VP III:

see under Bhart\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{r} \)hari,Vākyapadīya (2)

VS:

Vaiśe \(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{s} \) ika Sūtra

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The author is happy to acknowledge the financial assistance he received from the Government of Canada in the form of an Award, which enabled him to be at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in 1988–1989. His thanks are due also to Professor Dr. A. N. Aklujkar with whom he could read, during his stay in Vancouver, the whole of the Sa\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{m} \)bandhasamuddeśa including Helārāja's commentary.

Without Professor Aklujkar's insightful explanations and his readiness to discuss at length all problematical issues, the author could not have arrived at the conclusions expressed in the present paper. Finally, thanks are due to the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), a grant of which enabled the author to be in Lausanne, Switzerland, during three months (end 1990), in order to study with Professor Dr. J. Bronkhorst; and to Professor Dr. J. Bronkhorst (Lausanne) and Professor Dr. H. W. Bodewitz (Utrecht) for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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Houben, J.E.M. Bhart\(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{r} \)hari'ssamaya / HELĀrĀJA'SSa \(\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{m} \) keta . J Indian Philos 20, 219–242 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01854712

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