Johannes Bronkhorst

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According to Wikipedia, Johannes Bronkhorst is a Dutch Orientalist and Indologist, specializing in Buddhist studies and early Buddhism. He is emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne. Life After studying Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam , he moved to India, where he turned to Sanskrit and Pāli, first at the University of Rajasthan , then the University of Pune . In Pune he read with traditional Sanskrit scholars, specializing in Sanskrit grammar and Indian philosophy. Back in the Netherlands, he did a second doctorate at the University of Leiden. Having worked for research projects funded by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, he was appointed in 1987 to the position of Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of Lausanne. He retired in 2011.

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The two traditions of meditation in ancient India (1986) (99)
Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India (2007) (92)
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism (2011) (91)
How the Brahmins Won: From Alexander to the Guptas (2016) (67)
A Note on Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka Perception (2011) (67)
Brill's encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009) (37)
The two sources of Indian asceticism (1993) (37)
Language and Reality: On an Episode in Indian Thought (2011) (29)
Aryan and Non-Aryan In South Asia: Evidence, Interpretation and Ideology (1996) (28)
ETYMOLOGY AND MAGIC: YĀSKA'S NIRUKTA, PLATO'S CRATYLUS, AND THE RIDDLE OF SEMANTIC ETYMOLOGIES (2001) (27)
Asceticism, Religion, and Biological Evolution' (2001) (26)
AGAINST METHODOLOGICAL POSITIVISM IN TEXTUAL STUDIES (2010) (23)
Dharma and Abhidharma (1985) (20)
Can religion be explained? The role of absorption in various religious phenomena (2017) (19)
Karma And Teleology: A Problem And Its Solutions In Indian Philosophy (2000) (18)
Buddhist Teaching in India (2009) (18)
Word index to the Praśastapādabhāṣya : a complete word index to the printed editions of the Praśastapādabhāṣya (1994) (15)
The Peacock's Egg: Bhartrhari on Language and Reality (2001) (15)
Pānini and Euclid: Reflections on Indian Geometry* (2001) (13)
Absorption. Human Nature and Buddhist Liberation (2012) (13)
Asiddha in the Aṣṭādhyāyī: A misunderstanding among the traditional commentators? (1980) (12)
BHAOJI DkIta On SphoA (2005) (12)
Toward Interactive Literacy Education in the Netherlands (2006) (11)
Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta : interaction and continuity (2007) (10)
Nāgārjuna and the Naiyāyikas (1985) (9)
Literacy and rationality in ancient India (2002) (9)
SANSKRIT AND REALITY: THE BUDDHIST CONTRIBUTION (2009) (8)
Did the Buddha Belive in Karma and Rebirth (1998) (8)
Brahmanism: Its place in ancient Indian society (2017) (8)
Yoga and Seśvara Sā $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{m}$$ khya (1981) (7)
SĀMKHYA IN THE ABHIDHARMAKOŚA BHĀSYA (1997) (6)
Commentaries and the history of science in India (2006) (6)
Asiatische Studien / Etudes Asiatiques (2008) (6)
The Riddle of the Jainas and ājīvikas in Early Buddhist Literature (2000) (6)
The variationist Panini and Vedic: a review article (1982) (6)
Three problems pertaining to the Mahābhāṣya (1987) (6)
The arrival of Navya-Nyāya techniques in Varanasi (2013) (6)
The Buddha and the Jainas reconsidered (1995) (6)
Is there an inner conflict of tradition (1999) (6)
The orthoepic diaskeuasis of the gveda and the date of Pāini (1981) (6)
Who were the Carvakas (2016) (5)
Buddhism and sacrifice (2012) (5)
God's arrival in the Vaiśe $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{s} $$ ika systemika system (1996) (5)
Brahmanism (2017) (5)
On the history of Pā $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{n}$$ inian grammar in the early centuries following Patañjali (1983) (5)
The Role of Meanings in Panini's Grammar (1979) (5)
Aspects of Early Buddhism (2011) (5)
Some Uses of Dharma in Classical Indian Philosophy (2004) (5)
The Correspondence Principle and Its Critics (2013) (5)
The self as agent: A review article. (1996) (4)
Indology and rationality (2001) (4)
Studies on Bhartṛhari, 9: Vākyapadīya 2.119 and the Early History of Mīmāṃsā (2012) (4)
The orthoepic diaskeuasis of the $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{R}$$ gveda and the date of Pā $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{n}$$ ini (1981) (4)
A note on zero and the numerical place-value system in Ancient India (1994) (4)
ANEKĀNTAVĀDA , THE CENTRAL PHILOSOPHY OF ĀJĪVIKISM? (2013) (4)
Some Observations on the Padapatha of the Rgveda (1982) (4)
Systematic Philosophy between the Empires: Some Determining Features (2006) (4)
Rites without Symbols (2012) (4)
Echoes of 'Ajivikism' in Medieval Indian Philosophy (2007) (3)
Mahābhāṣyadīpikā of Bhartṛhari (1985) (3)
The Spread of Sanskrit in Southeast Asia* (2011) (3)
Studies on Bhartrhari, 8: Prākrta Dhvani and the Sāmkhya Tanmātras (1999) (3)
Abhidharma and Jainism. (2000) (3)
Tradition and Argument in Classical Indian Linguistics: The Bahiraṅga-Paribhāṣā in the Paribhāṣenduśekhara (1985) (3)
1 Abhidharma and Indian thinking (2016) (3)
Påˆini and the Veda reconsidered * (2008) (3)
Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference (1992) (3)
Literature and languages (2015) (3)
Svetaketu and the Upanayana (1996) (3)
From Vasubandhu to Caitanya : studies in Indian philosophy and its textual history (2010) (3)
12. The Spread of Sanskrit in Southeast Asia (2011) (3)
Contextualizing the History of Yoga in Geoffrey Samuel’s The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: A Review Symposium (2011) (3)
JOHANNES BRONKHORST God ' s arrival in the Vaiße ∑ ika system (2009) (3)
Āśramas, agrahāras, and monasteries (2016) (2)
The Ùgveda-Pråtißåkhya and its Íåkhå (2008) (2)
The role of absorption in making God real (2022) (2)
ON THE METHOD OF INTERPRETING PHILOSOPHICAL SANSKRIT TEXTS: a review article * (1993) (2)
Buddhist nativism in its homeland (2013) (2)
Can there be play in ritual? Reflections on the nature of ritual. (2012) (2)
Pānini’s View of Meaning and its Western Counterpart (1991) (2)
THE CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN PHILOSOPHY* (2009) (2)
Remarks on the history of Jaina meditation (2008) (2)
IS THERE CORRELATIVE THOUGHT IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (2008) (2)
What did Indian philosophers believe (2009) (2)
The Religious Predisposition (2020) (2)
Archetypes and Bottlenecks: Reflections on the text history of the Mahābhārata (2011) (2)
Tradition and Argument in Classical Indian Linguistics (1985) (2)
ABIA South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index (2002) (2)
Some observations on the Padapā $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{t}$$ ha of the $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{R}$$ gveda (1982) (2)
Nirukta, Uādi Sūtra, and Aādhyāyī: A review article (1984) (2)
DID THE BUDDHA BELIEVE IN KARMA AND REBIRTH 1 (2009) (1)
Hendrik Kern and the body of the Buddha (2009) (1)
Abhidharma in Early Mahāyāna (2012) (1)
On the genesis of Buddhism in its historical context (2010) (1)
Free Will and Indian Philosophy (2012) (1)
Does Buddhism have Central Eurasian roots (2014) (1)
Can There Be a Cultural History of Meditation? (2014) (1)
Plagues and Brahmins: Did a combination of epidemics and ideology empty India’s cities? (2020) (1)
Deviant voices in the history of Pāṇinian grammar (2014) (1)
Periodization of Indian ontologies (2013) (1)
ADVICE FOR GRAMMARIANS (2008) (1)
Meaning entries in dhaātupātha (1981) (1)
The contradiction of Sāmkhya : On the number and the size of the different Tattvas (1999) (1)
Bhartrhari and his Vedic tradition (2009) (1)
The Reliability of Tradition (2005) (1)
Mīmāṃsāsūtra and Brahmasūtra (2014) (1)
HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES (2008) (1)
Science and religion in classical India (2007) (1)
BUDDHĀNUSMṚTI BETWEEN WORSHIP AND MEDITATION: EARLY CURRENTS OF THE CHINESE EKOTTARIKA-ĀGAMA (2012) (1)
The Mahābhārata and the Revival of Brahmanism (2017) (1)
The variationist Pā $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{n}$$ ini and vedic: A review article (1982) (1)
Meaning entries in Påˆini’s Dhåtupå†ha* (2008) (1)
and A ∑ † ådhyåy ¥ : their shared presuppositions (2008) (1)
The Invisible Interpreter (2011) (1)
Does the Veda have an author? A reply to professor Stephen H. Philips (1998) (1)
Transfer of Merit (2011) (1)
Kundakunda versus Sāṃkhya on the soul. (2016) (1)
Levels of Cognition: Did Indian Philosophers know something we do not? (2012) (1)
Perché esiste la filosofia in India (2002) (1)
India’s Past Reconsidered (2020) (1)
Studies in the Kāśikāvṛtti . The Section on Pratyāhāras : The Importance of the Kāśikā (2011) (1)
Nirukta, U $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{n}$$ ādi Sūtra, and A $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{s}$$ $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{t}$$ ādhyāyī: A review article (1984) (1)
Appendix X Was there Buddhism in Gandhāra at the Time of Alexander (2016) (1)
From Pāṇini to Patañjali : the search for linearity (2004) (1)
Bhartr̥hari, Philosopher and Grammarian: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bhartr̥hari (University of Poona, January 6-8, 1992) (1992) (1)
Examining a national online community in case-based preservice education (2007) (1)
Appendix VI The Ṛgveda Prātiśākhya and its Śākhā (2016) (1)
Chapter Three. Buddhism Confronted With Brahmanism (2011) (1)
The Origin of Mīmāṃsā as a School of Thought (2014) (1)
Studies on Bhart ṛ hari , 9 : V ā kyapad ī ya 2 . 119 and the Early History of M ī m ā ṃ s ā (2012) (1)
PATHS TO LIBERATION IN HINDU AND SIKH TRADITIONS (2019) (0)
Summary and Illustrations (1986) (0)
Appendix VII Did Patañjali Know Pāṇini’s Original Text? (2016) (0)
Mystical Experience (2022) (0)
Vedic schools in northwestern India (2016) (0)
Water and ocean (2002) (0)
The Structure of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha (2021) (0)
The Meanings of Anṅga (1986) (0)
Medhåtithi ' s commentary on Manu 1 . 5 cites the following proverb ( janapravåda ) ( Jha , 1920-1939 : I : 8 l . 7 ) (2009) (0)
Reflections on the fate of northwestern Brahmins (2014) (0)
Karma in and after Greater Magadha (2011) (0)
Appendix IX Bhāskara’s Acquaintance with Grammatical Literature (2016) (0)
Word Index to the Pra'sastapåadabhåaòsya a Complete Word Index to the Printed Editions of the Pra'sastapåadabhåaòsya (1994) (0)
Historical Context of Early Asceticism (2020) (0)
The history of Jaina meditation. (2016) (0)
Karma and Philosophy (2011) (0)
The Two-Word Principle (1986) (0)
A presupposition in Indian philosophy (2006) (0)
III External Influence (2016) (0)
Language and knowledge construction in India (2011) (0)
JOHANNES BRONKHORST TANTRA AND PRASA ‹ GA (2008) (0)
Excursus: On the Development of Certain of Nageśa’s Ideas Regarding the Philosophy of Grammar (1986) (0)
WHO IS LIBERATED? THE NOTION OF LIBERATION WHILE ALIVE IN SOME SELECTED INDIAN TEXTS (2010) (0)
Boundaries, Dynamics And Construction Of Traditions In South Asia: The Reliability of Tradition (2011) (0)
Thinking about Peace in Ancient India (2016) (0)
THE ROLE OF MEANINGS IN PÓÔINI’S GRAMMAR (2008) (0)
Language and prestige in South and Southeast Asia (2012) (0)
ORTHOEPIC DIASKEUASIS OF THE ÙGVEDA (2008) (0)
Part Iib. Rebirth And Karmic Retribution Ignored Or Rejected (2007) (0)
Philosophy of Language (2011) (0)
Competitors of Karma (2011) (0)
What can we learn from Musīla and Nārada (2019) (0)
Påˆini and the Kramapå†ha of the Ùgveda* (2008) (0)
The Mahābhārata and the Revival of Brahmanism (2015) (0)
Studies on Bhartṛhari, 9: Vākyapadīya 2.119 and the Early History of Mīmāṃsā (2012) (0)
Synchronic Etymologising and Its Role in the Acquisition of Language (2022) (0)
Comments: Axel Michaels’s article (2020) (0)
Chapter Two. Brahmanism (2011) (0)
The Correspondence Principle and Its Critics (2013) (0)
JOHANNES BRONKHORST WHY IS THERE PHILOSOPHY IN INDIA ? (2009) (0)
STUDIES ON BHARTÙHARI, 5: BHARTÙHARI AND VAIÍE›IKA 1 (2008) (0)
IV Conclusions: How did the Brahmins Win? (2016) (0)
The Justifications of the Paribhāsā (1986) (0)
Origins and Religious Use (2011) (0)
Rethinking India's past (2014) (0)
Hinduism and Buddhism. (2004) (0)
An Apparent Contradiction Resolved (1986) (0)
Chapter One. Introduction: Buddhism Before The New Brahmanism (2011) (0)
The Structure of Nāgeśa’s Discussion (1986) (0)
Chapter III.2. The Vedic Texts Known To The Early Sanskrit Grammarians (2007) (0)
The Formative Period of Jainism (c. 500 BCE-200 CE). (2020) (0)
Karma in Brahmanism (2011) (0)
No literature without patronage: Weak royal patronage and its effect on the constitution of the Jaina Canon under the Kuṣāṇas (2018) (0)
Appendix I Brahmins and Śramaṇas (2016) (0)
Appendix IV Passages Dealing with Five-Nailed Animals (2016) (0)
The Buddhist Noble Truths: Are They True? (2023) (0)
Part Iia. Rebirth And Karmic Retribution Hesitantly Accepted (2007) (0)
Chapter III.3. The Vedic Texts Known To The Early Buddhists (2007) (0)
The word anuvyåkhyåna occurs four times in Vedic literature , three times in the B ® hadåraˆyaka (2009) (0)
Ívetaketu and the upanayana (2009) (0)
Chapter Two. The Correspondence Principle (2011) (0)
JOHANNES BRONKHORST Nirukta, Uˆådi SËtra, and A ∑ †ådhyåy¥: a review article * (2008) (0)
Some Difficult Passages in the Discussion of Par. L (II) (1986) (0)
Vaidyanātha Pāyaguṇḍa and Śeṣādrisudhī (1986) (0)
Pânini's grammar: from meaning to utterance. (2002) (0)
Manu and the Mahabharata (2012) (0)
Bhartṛhari in his time and in ours (2017) (0)
Further Passages from the PŚ (1986) (0)
What was Sankara's sastrarambha (2008) (0)
The qualities of Sānkhya (1994) (0)
The rise of classical Brahmanism (2020) (0)
Ontological Categories In Early Indian Philosophy (2011) (0)
Introduction: The Separate Culture Of Greater Magadha (2007) (0)
Innovation in Seventeenth Century Grammatical Philosophy: Appearance or Reality? (2008) (0)
Allegory and History, Life and Embodiment (2020) (0)
Shankara and Bhâskara on Vaishesika. (2004) (0)
The historiography of Brahmanism (2015) (0)
Were Buddhist Brahmins Buddhists or Brahmins (2018) (0)
Correcting the Text of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha (2020) (0)
Jaina versus Brahmanical mathematicians (2016) (0)
The Structure of the Sarvadar ś anasa .mgraha (2021) (0)
William James et son darwinisme religieux (2006) (0)
Restrictions on the Use of the BP (1986) (0)
Whence karma? (2022) (0)
Appendix V Liberation, Enlightenment and Death (2016) (0)
Appendix. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra and the Sāṃkhya tanmātras (2011) (0)
Philosophy and language in India: a brief overview (2010) (0)
The origin of categories in Indian philosophy (2014) (0)
Some observations on the Padapāha of the gveda (1982) (0)
Vaidyanātha Payāguṇḍa on Par. L (1986) (0)
Saṃsāra and Karman in the Early Context (2019) (0)
Early Buddhism. A new approach. The I of the Beholder. Sue Hamilton. (2002) (0)
T. R. V. Murti's reason (2006) (0)
Logic and language in Indian religions (2022) (0)
Reflections on the origins of Mahayana (2012) (0)
I Catastrophe and New Departures (2016) (0)
THE QUALITIES OF SÓ»KHYA 1 (2008) (0)
A Use of BP2 in the Context of BP1 (1986) (0)
Compte rendu de "Sue Hamilton, A new approach. The I of the beholder" (2002) (0)
Appendix VIII Why did Buddhism and Jainism Develop Differently in India (2016) (0)
Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference : Kern Institute, Leiden, August 23-29, 1987 (1990) (0)
Innovation in Indian philosophy in context: Comments on some recent proposals by Jonardon Ganeri (2019) (0)
From One Life to the Next (2011) (0)
Studies on Bhart®hari, 7: GRAMMAR AS THE DOOR TO LIBERATION 1 (2009) (0)
Publications received by the regional editor (from Jan 2010 to Dec 2011) (2012) (0)
ON A HITHERTO NEGLECTED TEXT AGAINST BUDDHIST PERSONALISM: Mah y nas tr la k ra 18.92–103 and its Bh ya (2010) (0)
Appendix III Manu’s Final Chapter (2016) (0)
Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbook of Oriental Studies (2007) (0)
Appendix II Vedic and Para-Vedic Texts on the Śunaskarṇa Sacrifice (2016) (0)
Buddhist thought versus Brahmanical thought (2012) (0)

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