Â鶹AV

Professor

Department of Applied Philosophy and Classics
(Indian Philosophy)

E-mail: [at]hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Sanskrit Etymology, Grammar, and Vedic Hermeneutics

• Linguistics
• Mythology
• Theology
• Liturgy
• Philosophy

My current research centers on Vedic (and therefore Indo-European) linguistics and culture, the traditional Sanskrit etymology, and the indigenous Sanskrit grammar. I am  now conducting an examination into a linguistic theory developed by Yaaska, an ancient etymologist in India (ca. 5th¨C4th c. BCE), and into his Vedic theology.

• The K¨¡raka Theory Embodied in the R¨¡ma Story: A Sanskrit Textbook in Medieval India, foreword by George Cardona, D.K. Printworld, 2018.
• The Decryption of the Bha??ik¨¡vya: Sanskrit Court Poetry and P¨¡?inian Gramamar, H¨­z¨­kan, 2017. [In Japanese with English summary (401¨C423)]
• New Material for Studying P¨¡?inian Grammar and Its Vedic Background,   
    Indo-Iranian Journal, 61, pp.101¨C117, 2018.
• Interweaving Poetic Devices with Grammatical Illustrations: A New Type of k¨¡vya by Bha??i, Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism: Sa?bh¨¡?¨¡, 34, pp.1¨C14,2018.
• Sambandha versus Sambaddhasambandha: The Semantics of Sixth-triplet Endings,Journal of Indian Philosophy, 46(1), pp.179¨C192, 2017.