The Indian tradition of semantic elucidation known as nirvacana analysis represented a powerful hermeneutic tool in the exegesis and transmission of authoritati

The author defends a conception of language as essentially a means for the reception of knowledge through testimony. He finds this account in the work of classi

Theories of meaning according to various schools of Indic philosophy.

Kaun&ddotu;abhatta's Vaiyakarana-bhusana is a massive work on semantic theory written in India in the 17th century. Kaun&ddotu;abhatta belonged to the tradition