J Indian Philos (2006) 34 Contents of Volume 34 Volume 34 Nos. 1-2 — April 2006 Preface KAMALESWAR BHATTACHARYA / On the Language of Navya-Nyaya: An Experiment with Precision through a Natural Language CHARLES BURNETT / The Semantics of Indian Numerals in Arabic, Greek and Latin KARINE CHEMLA / Artificial Languages in the Mathe- matics of Ancient China JENS H@YRUP / Artificial Language in Ancient Mesopotamia — a Dubious and a Less Dubious Case FRITS STAAL / Artificial Languages Across Sciences and Civilizations MICHIO YANO / Oral and Written Transmission of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit 143-160 Instructions for Authors 161-168 Volume 34 No. 3 June 2006 LEONARD W.J. VAN DER KUIJP / The Earliest Indian Reference to Muslims in a Buddhist Philosophical Text of Circa 700 169-202 LUIS GONZALEZ-REIMANN / The Divinity of Rama in the Ramayana of Valmiki 203-220 2) Springer J Indian Philos (2006) 34 ELI FRANCO / A New Era in the Study of Buddhist Philosophy ALF HILTEBEITEL / Asvaghosa’s Buddhacarita: The First Known Close and Critical Reading of the Brah- manical Sanskrit Epics 229-286 D. BRICK / Transforming Tradition into Texts: The Early Development of Smrti 287-302 Volume 34 No.4 August 2006 LAWRENCE J. MCCREA and PARIMAL G. PATIL | Traditionalism and Innovation: Philosophy, Exegesis, and Intellectual History in Jnanasrimitra’s Apohapra- karana 303-366 J. WESTERHOFF / Nagarjuna’s Catuskoti 367-395 Volume 34 No. 5 October 2006 CHRISTOPHER G. FRAMARIN / Motivation in the Manusmrti 397-413 DAN ARNOLD / On Semantics and Samketa: Thoughts on a Neglected Problem with Buddhist Apoha Doctrine 415-478 PAUL HACKER / Dharma in Hinduism 496 Volume 34 No. 6 December 2006 JOHN D. DUNNE / Realizing the Unreal: Dharmakirti’s Theory of Yogic Perception YAROSLAV KOMAROVSKI / Reburying the Trea- sure—Maintaining the Continuity: Two Texts by Sakya Mchog Ldan on the Buddha-essence \ Springer J Indian Philos (2006) 34 ANDRE COUTURE / The Emergence of aG roup of Four Characters (Vasudeva, Samkarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha) in the Harivamsa: Points for Consideration 571-585 . A. JACOBSEN / What Similes in Samkhya Do: A Comparison of the Similes in the Samkhya Texts in the Mahabharata, the Samkhyakarika and _ the Samkhyasutra 587-605 9) Springer