Sanskrit and World Culture

Proceedings of the Fourth World Sanskrit Conference of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, Weimar, May 23–30, 1979

Wolfgang Morgenroth

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9783112309803
• eBook ISBN: 9783112320945
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy of Religion

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. Sanskrit and Humanistic Sciences
• Le sanskrit et la culture générale du monde
• 2. Ancient History of South Asia
• Society and State in Ancient India — Based on Sanskrit Sources, Mainly on the Arthasāstra
• The Kidarite Kings in Kalhaṇa's Rājataraṅgiṇī
• Pflugtypen nichtarischer Völkerschaften in historischer Wertung. Zur Entwicklung der Produktivkräfte auf dem indischen Subkontinent
• Spuren bäuerlichen Widerstandes gegen die Feudalabhängigkeit in der frühfeudalen Phase (5.-8. Jh. u. Z.) in Indien im Vergleich zu West- und Osteuropa
• Prakṛtilcopa, janapadalcopa — Formen sozialer und politischer Auseinandersetzungen in der altindischen Gesellschaft
• Frühe Formen des Grundeigentums in Indien - urvarā und kṣetra im Ṛgveda
• From gopati to bhūpati. A Review of the Changing Position of the King
• 3. The Role of Sanskrit in South Asia
• Sanskrit Culture and Modern Nepalese Poetry
• Die Rolle persischer Übersetzungen der Sanskritschriftdenkmäler in der indo-moslemischen kulturellen Synthese
• Джаядева и вишнуитская лирика в Бенгалии
• Traces of Saivism and Visnuism in the Traditional Ethno-Areal Forms of the Folk Theatre and Dance
• Indian Myths and Legends in R. K. Nārāyaṇ's Interpretation
• Some Problems of the Sanskrit Elements in Nepalī
• Le sanskrit et les écrivains musulmans à l'époque mogole
• Die Bedeutung der klassischen indischen Philosophie für die moderne Philosophie Indiens, dargestellt am Beispiel Bāl Gaṅgādhar Tilaks und Swāmī Vivekānandas
• Влияние Теории Классиуеской Поэтики Ратуру Хинди Позднего Средневековья
• Revival in the Sanskrit mahākāvya Tradition
• Sanskrit Inscriptions of Ancient Assam
• On the Impact of the Ancient Indian Literary Tradition on Prose dastans in Urdū
• The Influence of Sanskrit Poetical Motifs and Technique on Sinhala Poetry
• Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of India and Its Role in the Development of Modern Literature
• Bhāgavatapurāṇa Tradition and Poetry of Vaiśnava Bhakti
• 4. The Role of Sanskrit in the World
• 4.1. Sanskrit in Central Asia
• On the Tibetan and Mongolian Translations of Sanskrit Grammatical Works
• Краткий обзор тибетских и монгольских сборников рассказов из Пануаманмры
• Zur Entwicklung mittelasiatischer Wandmalerei unter indischem Einfluß
• Notes on the Tibetan Tradition in Grammar
• Tibetische Autoren über indische Einflüsse in der lamaistischen medizinischen Literatur
• Санскритские Поэтиуеские Термины И Стили В Монгоьской Поэзии XIV В
• 4.2. Sanskrit in South East Asia
• Some Traces of the Theory of rasa in Malay Classical Literature. Remarks on the Problem of Hindu-Moslem Synthesis
• Die Entwicklung des Sanskrit-Wortbestandes in der Bahasa Indonesia (indonesische Sprache)
• Rāmakerti — The Khmer (or Cambodian) Rāmāyaṇa
• "Prepositions" and "Conjunctions" of Bahasa Indonesia Borrowed from Sanskrit
• The Vyāsa-subhāṣita-saṃgraha. A Unique Sanskrit Anthology Prevalent also in Śrī Laṅkā and Thailand
• 4.3. Sanskrit in Europe
• La résonnance de la pensée indienne dans la culture roumaine
• British Periodical Reaction to Sir William Jones's Introduction of Sanskrit Culture to the West
• From prāṇāgnihotra to Eucharist
• The Connection between the Pañcatantra and Cervantes' Dialogue of the Dogs
• Indian Influence In Danish Literature
• Tantrismus und Europäisches Naturgefühl
• Mahābhārata Motifs in Classical Greek and Latin Sources
• Contribution of Leon Cyboran (1928-1977) to the Study of Philosophy of Yoga
• 5. Linguistics
• 5.1. General and Comparative Linguistics
• Les Sanskrits et les procédés d'hiérophanisation par le langage
• A Critical Examination of Grermano-Indo-Aryan Isoglosses and Their Significance for the Reconstruction of Indo-European Culture
• Die aktuelle Bedeutung der Indologie für die Sprachwissenschaft
• Desemantization and Grammaticalization of Sanskrit sodara/sodarī in the Bahasa Indonesia
• 5.2. Descriptive and Historical Grammar of Sanskrit
• Zur Vorgeschichte der altindischen reduplizierten Verbaladjektive auf -i
• A Collection of Sentences for the Student of Sanskrit
• Zu den ai. Nominalstämmen auf -añc-. Eine Erwiderung mit methodologischen Bemerkungen
• The Problem of Visarga
• Sanskrit und Sprachstatistik
• 5.3. Sanskrit Lexicon
• Ein etymologischer Beitrag zum Vedischen: ūrú-
• La racine sanscrite kamp à la lumière des faits iraniens
• Sanskrit kapi and kareṇu
• Die Brennlinse im alten Indien
• Some Problems of the Sanskrit Terminology of Agriculture
• 5.4. Middle Indo-Aryan
• Grammatical Incorrections, Stylistic Choices, Linguistic Trends —With Reference to Middle Indo-Aryan
• Nirguṇ Literature-Lexicographical Difficulties
• Die Entwicklung des Verbums vom Altindischen zum Päli
• Inscriptions in Hybrid Sanskrit from Gilgit and from Laghmān
• The Dialectal Variety of Middle Indo-Aryan
• Early Brajbhāṣā Morphology. Some Pronominal Characteristics
• 5.5. Indian Grammar and Lexicography
• Bhartṛharis Begriff der Wirksamkeit (kriyā). Einige Gedanken zum Thema, ausgehend von Vākyapadīya III.8.21
• Eine Handschrift von Venīdattas Pañcatattvaprakāśa aus dem 17. Jahrhundert
• Sanskrit Semantics. Its Development and Evaluation
• Some Pāṇinian Roots Which are Used Only in European and Persian Languages
• 6. Philosophy and Religion
• 6.1. Veda
• Prayogaratna of Nrsimhayajvan. Manuscript Notes
• The Comparative Antiquity of Indra and Varuna
• The Cosmic, Cyclical Dying (parimara). Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 8,28 and Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2,11-15
• Textkritische Bemerkungen zum Cāturmāsya-Abschnitt des Vārāha-Śrautasūtra
• Vedic kṛtyā́ and the Terminology of Magic
• Textkritisches zur Paippalāda-Samhitā
• The Cow Sacrifice in the Tradition of India as Referred to by Kālidāsa
• On Death and Other Subjects in the Rgveda
• Acchāvākīya und potra — ein Vergleich
• Paippalāda-Saṃhitā-the Orissan Recension of the Atharvaveda. Some Observations
• Bemerkungen zu den vedischen Metaphern und Identifikationen
• Treatment of Gods in the Vedas. A Psychological Study of the Notion of Devatva
• 6.2. Buddhism and Jainism
• Jīwa and ajīva
• Some Remarks on the Pratītyasamutpāda
• The Works of Nāgārjuna in Sanskrit
• Genesis of Milinda-Pañha
• 6.3. Hinduism
• The Pāśupatas as seen by the Śaivas
• The Theory of Creation an Advaita Vedantic Interpretation
• The Concept of Yoga in the Bhagavadgītā
• Pātañjala-Yoga-Sūtras and Psychic Science. A New Approach to Arrive at the True Meanings of Yogic Siddhis
• From Bhakti to Prapatti—The Theory of Grace in the Pāñcarātra System
• Some Observations on the Śaiva Kula System
• Vikalpa as Defined by Vijñānabhiksu in the Yogavārttika
• Classical Sāṃkhya about the Ultimate Elements of the Material World
• Trilocana — A Forgotten Naiyāyika
• 7. Natural Sciences and Medicine
• Tradition of Rationalist Medicine in Ancient India. Case for a Critical Analysis of the Caraka-saṃhitā
• Some Emendations to the Text of Ravigupta's Siddhasāra
• Études āyurvédiques. II. Déontologie módicale et orthodoxie brahmanique
• Some Highlights of Astronomy and Mathematics in Medieval India
• Mathematical Knowledge in the Epoch of the Harappa Culture — On the Materials from the Excavations in Lothal
• 8. Poetry
• 8.1. Epics Including Purānas
• Purānic Attempts to Fix a Purānic Canon
• Sanskrit Epic Tradition. II. The avātara Accounts of Rāma
• Textual Layers of the Bhagavadgītā as Traces of Indian Cultural History
• Über die altindischen Epen
• Oral Tradition as Reflected in the Great Epics
• 8.2. Classical Poetry
• Some Remarks about the Mudrārāksasa of Viśākhadatta
• Zum Problem des Tragischen — untersucht am Hauptkonflikt des Dramas Uttarāramacaritam von Bhavabhūti
• Bhartrhari Problem in Contemporary Indology
• Jīvānandanam—A Medico-Literary Drama
• 8.3. Narrative Literature
• Folktales in Prakrit Literature
• 8.4. Indian Poetics
• The Indian Theory of anaucitya in Aesthetic Relish
• Concept of Obscenity (aślīlatā) in Sanskrit Poetics
• Essai de lecture d'un poème sanskrit
• 9. Archaeology and Art History
• Weltbilder und indo-iranische Architekturformen
• Symbolism of mithuna Sculptures. An Inquiry into the Intellectual Background of Their Patrons, Artists and Worshippers
• The Garland of Letters (Varnamālā). Remarks on the Symbolism of Kālī
• Archäologische Tradition indischer Volkskunst
• Entwicklung und Tradition indischer Terrakottaplastik
• Mathurā und die Herausbildung des Gupta-Stils
• On the Structure of rta and brahman (brahmodya)
• A Unique Image of Umā—Maheśvara
• Das Rāmāyaṇa in der indischen Volkskunst. Anmerkungen zu einer Bildrolle aus Midnapur
• Gānasopāna — a Work on Indian Classical Music by Shri Gulābrao Mahārāja
• Plates