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  1. Is There an Indian Intellectual History? Introduction to “Theory and Method in Indian Intellectual History”.Sheldon Pollock - 2008 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 36 (5-6):533-542.
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  • Innovation in Seventeenth Century Grammatical Philosophy: Appearance or Reality? [REVIEW]Johannes Bronkhorst - 2008 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 36 (5-6):543-550.
    This paper argues that the grammarians Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita and Kauṇḍa Bhaṭṭa did innovate in the realm of grammatical philosophy, without however admitting or perhaps even knowing it. Their most important innovation is the reinterpretation of the sphoṭa. For reasons linked to new developments in sentence interpretation (śābdabodha), in their hands the sphoṭa became a semantic rather that an ontological entity.
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  • Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita’s “Small Step” for a Grammarian and “Giant Leap” for Sanskrit Grammar.Jan E. M. Houben - 2008 - Journal of Indian Philosophy 36 (5-6):563-574.
    This paper is devoted to theoretical and methodical considerations on our study and understanding of macroscopic transitions in the world of Sanskrit intellectuals from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century (cf. Pollock, Indian Economic and Social History Review 38(1):3–31, 2001). It is argued that compared to his immediate predecessors Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita’s contribution to Prakriyā grammars was modest. It was to a large extent on account of changed circumstances—over the centuries mainly a slow but steady decline—in the position of Sanskrit and (...)
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