Genesis of Milinda-Pañha

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 3
3. Preface 5
4. Contents 7
5. 1. Sanskrit and Humanistic Sciences
6. Le sanskrit et la culture générale du monde 17
7. 2. Ancient History of South Asia
8. Society and State in Ancient India — Based on Sanskrit Sources, Mainly on the Arthasāstra 31
9. The Kidarite Kings in Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅgiṇī 41
10. Pflugtypen nichtarischer Völkerschaften in historischer Wertung. Zur Entwicklung der Produktivkräfte auf dem indischen Subkontinent 45
11. Spuren bäuerlichen Widerstandes gegen die Feudalabhängigkeit in der frühfeudalen Phase (5.-8. Jh. u. Z.) in Indien im Vergleich zu West- und Osteuropa 52
12. Prakṛtilcopa, janapadalcopa — Formen sozialer und politischer Auseinandersetzungen in der altindischen Gesellschaft 57
13. Frühe Formen des Grundeigentums in Indien - urvarā und kṣetra im Ṛgveda 62
14. From gopati to bhūpati. A Review of the Changing Position of the King 67
15. 3. The Role of Sanskrit in South Asia
16. Sanskrit Culture and Modern Nepalese Poetry 77
17. Die Rolle persischer Übersetzungen der Sanskritschriftdenkmäler in der indo-moslemischen kulturellen Synthese 83
18. Джаядева и вишнуитская лирика в Бенгалии 86
19. Traces of Saivism and Visnuism in the Traditional Ethno-Areal Forms of the Folk Theatre and Dance 90
20. Indian Myths and Legends in R. K. Nārāyaṇ's Interpretation 95
21. Some Problems of the Sanskrit Elements in Nepalī 102
22. Le sanskrit et les écrivains musulmans à l'époque mogole 110
23. Die Bedeutung der klassischen indischen Philosophie für die moderne Philosophie Indiens, dargestellt am Beispiel Bāl Gaṅgādhar Tilaks und Swāmī Vivekānandas 115
24. Влияние Теории Классиуеской Поэтики Ратуру Хинди Позднего Средневековья 120
25. Revival in the Sanskrit mahākāvya Tradition 124
26. Sanskrit Inscriptions of Ancient Assam 127
27. On the Impact of the Ancient Indian Literary Tradition on Prose dastans in Urdū 132
28. The Influence of Sanskrit Poetical Motifs and Technique on Sinhala Poetry 136
29. Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of India and Its Role in the Development of Modern Literature 143
30. Bhāgavatapurāṇa Tradition and Poetry of Vaiśnava Bhakti 147
31. 4. The Role of Sanskrit in the World
32. 4.1. Sanskrit in Central Asia
33. On the Tibetan and Mongolian Translations of Sanskrit Grammatical Works 153
34. Краткий обзор тибетских и монгольских сборников рассказов из Пануаманмры 162
35. Zur Entwicklung mittelasiatischer Wandmalerei unter indischem Einfluß 168
36. Notes on the Tibetan Tradition in Grammar 174
37. Tibetische Autoren über indische Einflüsse in der lamaistischen medizinischen Literatur 178
38. Санскритские Поэтиуеские Термины И Стили В Монгоьской Поэзии XIV В 183
39. 4.2. Sanskrit in South East Asia
40. Some Traces of the Theory of rasa in Malay Classical Literature. Remarks on the Problem of Hindu-Moslem Synthesis 191
41. Die Entwicklung des Sanskrit-Wortbestandes in der Bahasa Indonesia (indonesische Sprache) 198
42. Rāmakerti — The Khmer (or Cambodian) Rāmāyaṇa 203
43. "Prepositions" and "Conjunctions" of Bahasa Indonesia Borrowed from Sanskrit 212
44. The Vyāsa-subhāṣita-saṃgraha. A Unique Sanskrit Anthology Prevalent also in Śrī Laṅkā and Thailand 221
45. 4.3. Sanskrit in Europe
46. La résonnance de la pensée indienne dans la culture roumaine 225
47. British Periodical Reaction to Sir William Jones's Introduction of Sanskrit Culture to the West 230
48. From prāṇāgnihotra to Eucharist 237
49. The Connection between the Pañcatantra and Cervantes' Dialogue of the Dogs 243
50. Indian Influence In Danish Literature 248
51. Tantrismus und Europäisches Naturgefühl 253
52. Mahābhārata Motifs in Classical Greek and Latin Sources 257
53. Contribution of Leon Cyboran (1928-1977) to the Study of Philosophy of Yoga 263
54. 5. Linguistics
55. 5.1. General and Comparative Linguistics
56. Les Sanskrits et les procédés d'hiérophanisation par le langage 269
57. A Critical Examination of Grermano-Indo-Aryan Isoglosses and Their Significance for the Reconstruction of Indo-European Culture 280
58. Die aktuelle Bedeutung der Indologie für die Sprachwissenschaft 291
59. Desemantization and Grammaticalization of Sanskrit sodara/sodarī in the Bahasa Indonesia 297
60. 5.2. Descriptive and Historical Grammar of Sanskrit
61. Zur Vorgeschichte der altindischen reduplizierten Verbaladjektive auf -i 305
62. A Collection of Sentences for the Student of Sanskrit 311
63. Zu den ai. Nominalstämmen auf -añc-. Eine Erwiderung mit methodologischen Bemerkungen 319
64. The Problem of Visarga 324
65. Sanskrit und Sprachstatistik 330
66. 5.3. Sanskrit Lexicon
67. Ein etymologischer Beitrag zum Vedischen: ūrú- 339
68. La racine sanscrite kamp à la lumière des faits iraniens 344
69. Sanskrit kapi and kareṇu 348
70. Die Brennlinse im alten Indien 353
71. Some Problems of the Sanskrit Terminology of Agriculture 359
72. 5.4. Middle Indo-Aryan
73. Grammatical Incorrections, Stylistic Choices, Linguistic Trends —With Reference to Middle Indo-Aryan 367
74. Nirguṇ Literature-Lexicographical Difficulties 374
75. Die Entwicklung des Verbums vom Altindischen zum Päli 378
76. Inscriptions in Hybrid Sanskrit from Gilgit and from Laghmān 386
77. The Dialectal Variety of Middle Indo-Aryan 389
78. Early Brajbhāṣā Morphology. Some Pronominal Characteristics 397
79. 5.5. Indian Grammar and Lexicography
80. Bhartṛharis Begriff der Wirksamkeit (kriyā). Einige Gedanken zum Thema, ausgehend von Vākyapadīya III.8.21 405
81. Eine Handschrift von Venīdattas Pañcatattvaprakāśa aus dem 17. Jahrhundert 415
82. Sanskrit Semantics. Its Development and Evaluation 421
83. Some Pāṇinian Roots Which are Used Only in European and Persian Languages 426
84. 6. Philosophy and Religion
85. 6.1. Veda
86. Prayogaratna of Nrsimhayajvan. Manuscript Notes 431
87. The Comparative Antiquity of Indra and Varuna 435
88. The Cosmic, Cyclical Dying (parimara). Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 8,28 and Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2,11-15 438
89. Textkritische Bemerkungen zum Cāturmāsya-Abschnitt des Vārāha-Śrautasūtra 444
90. Vedic kṛtyā́ and the Terminology of Magic 450
91. Textkritisches zur Paippalāda-Samhitā 457
92. The Cow Sacrifice in the Tradition of India as Referred to by Kālidāsa 462
93. On Death and Other Subjects in the Rgveda 467
94. Acchāvākīya und potra — ein Vergleich 471
95. Paippalāda-Saṃhitā-the Orissan Recension of the Atharvaveda. Some Observations 475
96. Bemerkungen zu den vedischen Metaphern und Identifikationen 478
97. Treatment of Gods in the Vedas. A Psychological Study of the Notion of Devatva 483
98. 6.2. Buddhism and Jainism
99. Jīwa and ajīva 493
100. Some Remarks on the Pratītyasamutpāda 498
101. The Works of Nāgārjuna in Sanskrit 502
102. Genesis of Milinda-Pañha 508
103. 6.3. Hinduism
104. The Pāśupatas as seen by the Śaivas 513
105. The Theory of Creation an Advaita Vedantic Interpretation 521
106. The Concept of Yoga in the Bhagavadgītā 526
107. Pātañjala-Yoga-Sūtras and Psychic Science. A New Approach to Arrive at the True Meanings of Yogic Siddhis 532
108. From Bhakti to Prapatti—The Theory of Grace in the Pāñcarātra System 537
109. Some Observations on the Śaiva Kula System 543
110. Vikalpa as Defined by Vijñānabhiksu in the Yogavārttika 550
111. Classical Sāṃkhya about the Ultimate Elements of the Material World 556
112. Trilocana — A Forgotten Naiyāyika 560
113. 7. Natural Sciences and Medicine
114. Tradition of Rationalist Medicine in Ancient India. Case for a Critical Analysis of the Caraka-saṃhitā 569
115. Some Emendations to the Text of Ravigupta's Siddhasāra 579
116. Études āyurvédiques. II. Déontologie módicale et orthodoxie brahmanique 586
117. Some Highlights of Astronomy and Mathematics in Medieval India 595
118. Mathematical Knowledge in the Epoch of the Harappa Culture — On the Materials from the Excavations in Lothal 606
119. 8. Poetry
120. 8.1. Epics Including Purānas
121. Purānic Attempts to Fix a Purānic Canon 615
122. Sanskrit Epic Tradition. II. The avātara Accounts of Rāma 619
123. Textual Layers of the Bhagavadgītā as Traces of Indian Cultural History 628
124. Über die altindischen Epen 639
125. Oral Tradition as Reflected in the Great Epics 643
126. 8.2. Classical Poetry
127. Some Remarks about the Mudrārāksasa of Viśākhadatta 651
128. Zum Problem des Tragischen — untersucht am Hauptkonflikt des Dramas Uttarāramacaritam von Bhavabhūti 656
129. Bhartrhari Problem in Contemporary Indology 663
130. Jīvānandanam—A Medico-Literary Drama 667
131. 8.3. Narrative Literature
132. Folktales in Prakrit Literature 673
133. 8.4. Indian Poetics
134. The Indian Theory of anaucitya in Aesthetic Relish 683
135. Concept of Obscenity (aślīlatā) in Sanskrit Poetics 689
136. Essai de lecture d'un poème sanskrit 697
137. 9. Archaeology and Art History
138. Weltbilder und indo-iranische Architekturformen 709
139. Symbolism of mithuna Sculptures. An Inquiry into the Intellectual Background of Their Patrons, Artists and Worshippers 720
140. The Garland of Letters (Varnamālā). Remarks on the Symbolism of Kālī 724
141. Archäologische Tradition indischer Volkskunst 729
142. Entwicklung und Tradition indischer Terrakottaplastik 733
143. Mathurā und die Herausbildung des Gupta-Stils 739
144. On the Structure of rta and brahman (brahmodya) 745
145. A Unique Image of Umā—Maheśvara 756
146. Das Rāmāyaṇa in der indischen Volkskunst. Anmerkungen zu einer Bildrolle aus Midnapur 758
147. Gānasopāna — a Work on Indian Classical Music by Shri Gulābrao Mahārāja 762
148. Plates 767