Pu?pik?: Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions

Puspika 2 is the outcome of the second International Indology Graduate Research Symposium and presents the results of recent research by young scholars into pre-modern South Asian cultures with papers covering a variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of the region. Focusing on textual sources in the languages in which they were composed, different disciplinary perceptions are offered on intellectual history, linguistics, philosophy, literary criticism and religious studies.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Refuge and Reform: Snakes, Gleaners, and Nisādas in Early Kāvya
• Chapter 2: Like a Howling Piśāca: A Note on the Pronunciation of the Rgvedasamhitā
• Chapter 3: Does the Subject Have Desires? The Ātman in Prābhākara Mīmāmsā
• Chapter 4: Kārakas in Cāndra Grammar: An Interpretation from the Pāli Buddhist Śāstras
• Chapter 5: The Three Jewels and the Formation of the Pāñcarātra Canon
• Chapter 6: Preliminary Survey of Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
• Chapter 7: Asiddha vs Asiddhavat in Patañjali’s Mahābhāsya
• Chapter 8: Continuity and Change in Chāndogya Upanisad 6.1-4