Text and Interpretation The Indian Tradition Chaukhamba Sanskrit Series Office (Varanasi) ' which is a minute

' which is a minute account of the various ways in which the self seeks to defend its continuity

but a great part was done for me by kind friends

This method of lecturing

They go back to hoary antiquity

Preface ix   About the Editions used for the English Renderings xiii   A List of Abbreviations xv I Translation according to Sayana’s Sanskrit Commentary 1 II Translation according to Felix Neve 19 III Translation according to S

Text and Interpretation The Indian Tradition Chaukhamba Sanskrit Series Office (Varanasi) ' which is a minuteLinguistic communities are interpretative they have shared frameworks and strategies to fix the meaning of what is experienced through senses or communicated through language. India presents one such interpretative community in which the three major contending schools of thought the Brahmins, the Buddhists and the Jams flourished and fought. The presence of a strong interpretative tradition suggests the existence of texts and issues that are