Contents

pp 5-6

Preface

pp 7-8

I - INTRODUCTION

pp 9-10

Tradens, Traditum, Recipiens. Introductory Remarks on the Semiotics, Pragmatics and Politics of Tradition

pp 11-38

II - DISCOURSE, CONDITIONS AND DYNAMICS OF TRADITION IN SOUTH ASIA

pp 39-40

The Revelation of Tradition: śruti, smrti, and the Sanskrit Discourse of Power

pp 41-62

The Reliability of Tradition

pp 63-76

The Transmission, Patronage, and Prestige of Brahmanical Piety from the Mauryas to the Guptas

pp 77-104

III - HOW TO PRODUCE, CONSTRUCT AND LEGITIMATE A TRADITION

pp 105-106

Buddhism and the Mahābhārata. Boundary Dynamics in Textual Practice

pp 107-132

Trita's Tumble and Agastya's Ancestors: On The Narrative Construction of Dharma

pp 133-158

Creating Traditions through Narration. The Case of Śakuntalā

pp 159-174

A Dynamic Tradition of Truth-telling: Moral Innovation in the Mahābhārata

pp 175-202

From Person to Person: A Study of Tradition in the Guruparaṃparāsāra of Vedānta Deśika's Śrīemat Rahasyatrayasāra

pp 203-224

What Makes a Work ‘Traditional’? On the Success of Nīelakaṇṭha's Mahābhārata Commentary

pp 225-252

Constructing the Wheel of Time. Strategies for Establishing a Tradition

pp 253-286

Bhāṭṭamīmāṃsā and Nyāya on Veda and Tradition

pp 287-324

Why should the Flower of Dharma be Invisible? Sāyaṇa's Vision of the Unity of the Veda

pp 325-358

IV - EXPERIENCING BOUNDARIES WITHIN TRADITION: THE CASE OF THE SANSKRIT GRAMMARIANS

pp 359-360

Ultimate Source of Validation for the Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition: Elite Usage versus Rules of Grammar

pp 361-388

Loke, vede, śāstre: Grammarians' Partition of Tradition and Related Linguistic Domains

pp 389-410

Dealing with Conflicting Views within the Pāṇinian Tradition: On the Derivation of tyādrś etc.

pp 411-434

V - VIOLATING TRADITION AND ITS BOUNDARIES

pp 435-436

Traditions against Tradition. Criticism, Dissent and the Struggle for the Semiotic Primacy of Veridiction

pp 437-484

The Nonconformity to Tradition of the Mahānubhāvs

pp 485-514

Tradition of Protest: the Development of Ritual Suicide from Religious Act to Political Statement

pp 515-568

VI - THINKING ABOUT TRADITIONS IN SOUTH ASIA TODAY

pp 569-570

When Two Strong Men Stand Face to Face. The Indologist, the Pandit and the Re-Making of the Jaina Scholarly Tradition

pp 571-588

Evaluation or Dialogue? A Brief Reflection on the Understanding of the Indian Tradition of Debate

pp 589-606