PDNRL No. 7 Francis X. D'Sa: Śabdaprāmāṇyam in Śabara and Kumārila. Towards a Study of the Mīmāṃsā Experience of Language. Vienna 1980, 218p. EUR 23.-

Chapter 1            Meaning and Metaphor in the Mīmāṃsā (19)

Chapter 2            Śabara’s Tarkapādaḥ: an Analysis (34)

Chapter 3            Dharma in the Early Mīmāṃsā (42)

Chapter 4            Codanāprāmāṇyam (57)

Chapter 5            The Doctrine of Śabdaḥ (78)

Chapter 6            Śabdaḥ, Arthaḥ and Saṃbandhaḥ (83)

Chapter 7            Vākyārthaḥ and Bhāvanā (98)

Chapter 8            Vedāpauruṣeyatvam (105)

Chapter 9            Conclusion I (109)

Chapter 10         Śabdanityatā (113)

Chapter 11         Śabdārthasaṃbandhaḥ (141)

Chapter 12         Ākṛtivādaḥ (151)

Chapter 13         Abhihitānvayavādaḥ and Bhāvanā (166)

Chapter 14         Svataḥprāmāṇyam (180)

Chapter 15         Vedāpauruṣeyatvam and Vedaprāmāṇyam (192)

Chapter 16         Conclusion II (201)

Index of Authors (207)

General Index (208)

Index of Sanskrit Words (215)