Artha: Meaning

Delhi, IN: Oxford University Press India (2011)
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This book examines the theories of meaning or artha in different schools of philosophical thought highlighting the significant relationship between 'word' and 'meaning'. It demonstrates that classical Indian theory of language can inform and be informed by contemporary philosophy.

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9780198074137   0198074131   0195671996   9780199082131

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Kāraka

This chapter presents a discussion on kāraka. An important feature of Pāṇinian grammatical theory is the distinction it draws between the superficial grammatical form of a sentence, and a deeper level of structure, known as the kāraka level. A kāraka is a semantic relation between the verb... see more

Śabda-pramāṇa

This chapter describes the different applications of the argument that is designed to defend the existence of public conventions on word meaning. It addresses the extent to which the Nyāya mandates can serve as norms of correctness. Indian epistemology is a theory of the pramāṇa: the facul... see more

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Jonardon Ganeri
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Lakṣaṇā as a Creative Function of Language.Nirmalya Guha - 2012 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 40 (5):489-509.
Language and testimony in classical indian philosophy.Madhav Deshpande - forthcoming - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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