Studies in Indian Linguistics
Contents: Preface. Our contributors. 1. Some reflections on Paninian Linguistics (Inaugural Address)/S.D. Joshi. 2. Panini: a study in abbreviation technique/M.D. Pandit. 3. Two different technique used by Panini/Bhagyalata Pataskar. 4. Panian language and linguistics/M.D. Pandit. 5. Redress of semantic redundancy in Sanskrit/M.S. Murthy. 6. Alston\'s Analysis of linguistic meaning/S.V. Bokil. 7. Morphology of Old Indo-Aryan/H.C. Patyal. 8. Morphology of New Indo-Aryan/H.C. Patyal. 9. Phonology/B.K. Dalai. 10. Theory of expressive power in what is related to the effect/V.P. Bhatta. 11. Vyanjana as a Sabdavrtti/Jayanti Tripathy. 12. Ideas concerning Sanskrit Sandhis: Considered on Modern Linguistic Lines/Yasodhara Wadhawani (Shah). 13. Kasmira Saivism on the nature of language/S.E. Bhelke. 14. On identity: the cognitive relation in Indian Logico-Linguistic perspective/A.N. Dash. 15. Person-System in Munda and Dravidian/Ramakrishna Reddy. 16. Syantitic Conjugation in Eastern Indo-European Languages/Gopabandhu Mohanty. 17. Sentence word orders in English and Oriya Languages/Ekanta Patel. 18. Impact of Sanskrit Grammatical and Lexicographic Principles on Telegu/Usha Devi. 19. Linguistic peculiarities of the Atharvaveda/B.B. Chaubey. 20. Accented verbal forms of the Rgveda Mandala II: Some observation/Shailaja Katre. 21. The inter-relationship of language, thought and reality/Ouseparampil. 22. The Duet of Two Ws: an Ontological communication of word and world in Vakyapadiya/Mahendra Chotalia. 23. Sabara on Sabda/Shripad Bhat. 24. Patanjali on problem of meaning/Banamali Biswal. 25. Problem of sentence meaning: Nyaya Mimamsa view/B.K. Dalai. 26. Concept of Pada and Vakya in Nyaya Philosophy/Penna Madhusudan. 27. Nyaya Concept of Pada/S. Mehendale. 28. Concept of Vakya in the text tradition of Indian Philosophy/Divakar Mohanty. 29. Interchange of personal pronouns in Kalidasa\'s dramas/S. Chakrabarty. 30. Proverbs and idioms in Sanskrit/P.G. Lalye. 31. Two cases of impersonal construction and their traditional interpretation/Malhar Kulkarni. 32. The communication perspective in language study--new trends/V.L. Dharurkar. 33. Purvamimamsayam sabdabodhavicarah/C. Srirama Sarma. 34. Bhasavijnanaksetre bharopiyabhasayay yatharthasavarupam/K.R. Joshi. 35. Nyayadrstya padapadarthayoh svarupam sambandhasca/K.N. Jha. 36. Phonetic analysis of Jajnavalkya Siksa/Kedarnath Sarma.
"The volume tries to present a comparison and competition of the Indian contribution to the scientific study of language for last 2500 years or more, with the modern learning on the subject. This bringing together of tradition and modernity should enable the traditional learning to present her in modern terms and gain vitality and strength to appear with youthfulness. Further it attempts to highlight the importance of the study of traditional grammar and the linguistics principles developed in the country and show the global relevance of the issues under consideration.
The volume starts with the excellent paper of Prof. S.D. Joshi which serves as an introduction to the whole volume in the form of keynote address. Other distinguished scholars who have contributed to the volume are: Prof. B.B. Chaubey, Hosiarpur, Prof. Satyanarayan Chakrabarty, Calcutta, Prof. Usha Devi, Hyderabad, Prof. H.C. Patyal, Prof. M.D. Pandit, Pof. V.P. Bhatt, Poona, Prof. K.N. Jha, Allahabad, Prof. K.R. Joshi, Nagpur and many more. The articles cover a wide range of topics from Panini to modern linguistics from Nyaya-Mimamsa to Kashmir Saivism, from Eastern Language to Southern Language, from Early Vedic to Late Classical Languages. The papers included in this book show that we were not ready to take conclusions one and for all; we did not want to end up with final statements on issues but we struggle to bring out the complexities of the issues and show the fascinations of human mind to dive deep into the unknown realms or depths of understanding. Philosophizing means the articulations of the intellectual forms of our understanding. This book contains reason to bombard our understanding and change it for the better." (jacket)
