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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Pronunciation Guide
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Different premises on which language may be founded
1.2 An Advaitic View of Language
1.3 Views of Language in the West
1.4 An Empirical View of Language
1.5 A Rationalist View of Language
1.6 Another modern view of language
1.7 Where next?
Notes
Chapter 2 - How may different languages relate to truth?
2.2 Different types of language
2.3 Relationship of three languages to truth.
2.4 Unity
2.5 Sound
2.6 Lawfulness
2.7 Consciousness
2.8 Reflectivity
2.9 Stability
2.10 Summary
Note
Chapter 3 - Basic elements of language as evident in Sanskrit
3.1 Setting the scene
3.2 The Alphabet
3.3 Mtrik
3.4 Vowels and consonants
3.5 Chakras
3.6 The Mhevara Stras
3.7 Dhtus (roots or seeds)
3.8 Pratyayas (suffixes)
3.9 Upasargas (prefixes)
3.10 Krakas
3.11 Number, but not gender
3.12 Sandhi
3.13 Conclusions
Chapter 4 - Words: their formation and classes
4.2 Are words fixed or fluid?
4.3 The composition of words
4.4 Examples of forming a word in Sanskrit
4.5 Different classes of word
4.6 The Verb family
4.7 The Noun family
4.8 The unfolding of creation in language
4.9 Fluidity between classes of word
4.10 The word Saskrta
4.11 Word and words again
Chapter 5 - Sentences and relationships within them
5.1 What is a sentence?
5.2 Sentence as a unity
5.3 Formation of a Sentence
5.4 Relationships within a sentence
5.5 Relationships in sound
5.6 Conclusion
Chapter 6 - Sound, Word and Meaning What is meaning?
6.1 What does the word ‘meaning’ mean?
6.2 Levels of meaning
6.3 What about sound?
6.4 Spoken sounds and the sounds of the natural language
6.5 Sound beyond meaning
6.6 Grammar linking words and meaning
6.7 Meaning and activity
6.8 Conclusions on meaning
Chapter 7 - Pinian grammar: some special features
The Atdhyy
7.2 It letters
7.3 Different types of invisibility
7.4 The kraka sutras, and their deeper significance
7.5 Beyond kraka, beyond relationship
7.6 ‘I’ and ‘You’
7.7 From unity to diversity
7.8 Conclusions
Chapter 8 - Laws of Sanskrit reflecting natural laws?
8.2 Unity in diversity
8.3 Stability and Lawfulness
8.4 Sound
8.5 Reflectivity and Consciousness
8.6 Language and truth
Note
Appendix 1 - Checklist of the credentials of the Sanskrit language considered in this book.
Appendix 2 - The extent of Sandhi
Bibliography - (principal references)
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