Bhartrhari lived in the tenth century c.e. Being both a grammarian and philosopher, his influence on subsequent grammatical and philosophical thought in India has been enormous in spite of this modern scholarship has not yet given him the attention he deserves no doubt because his extent writings are difficult and were not until recently, available in satisfactory editions. Interest among scholars for Bhartrhari is now, however, growing. This is the reason why an international conference on Bhartrhari was organized in January 1992 in Pune, under the joint auspices of the University of Poons and the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). The present volume contains some of the papers read at this conference as well as an up-to-date bibliography on Bhartrhari.
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The book under review shows that many western scholars are interested in Bhartrhari and their papers are the products of long research and penetrative study. Indian and Japanese thinkers also have made equally good contributions to the subjects. The volum
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| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 10 × 11 × 12 cm |
| Book Author | Saroja Bhate, Johannes Bronkhorst |
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