This volume is dedicated to the memory of the Indologist and philosopher Wilhelm Halbfass (19402000), a thinker who mediated in a singular manner between the Indian and European intellectual worlds. It pays tribute to his contribution to a philosophically differentiated and methodically reflected understanding of the history of Indian thought, especially the history of philosophy and the history of the intellectual meeting of India and Europe. The contributions to this volume also document the disciplines and various areas in the study of Indian intellectual history upon which Halbfass' work had an inspiring effect. Following the forward by E. Franco, articles by 48 authors are thematically arranged into six chapters.

Contents include: G. Jan Meulenbeld, A Quest for Poison Trees in Indian Literature, Along with Notes on Some Plants and Animals of the Kautiliya Arthasastra; Eva Allinger, A Pala-Period Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript Distributed Between Five Collections; Philipp Maas, The Concepts of the Human Body and Disease in Classical Yoga and Ayurveda; Cristina Pecchia, Is the Buddha Like "a Man in the Street"? Dharmakirti's Answer; Ernst Steinkellner, Further Remarks on the Compound avinabhavaniyama in the Early Dharmakirti; Ernst Steinkellner, Miszellen zur erkenntnistheoretisch-logischen Schule des Buddhismus X: Corrigenda 2 et addenda to Dharmakirti's Pramanaviniscaya.

HERMAN TIEKEN: The Dissemination of Asoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts; UTE HUSKEN: Zu einer vergleichenden Studie der Texte Therigatha und Theragatha; LAMBERT SCHMITHAUSEN: Ein weiteres Fragment aus dem Prakarana: SHT VII 1697; EVA WILDEN: Towards an Internal Chronology of Old Tamil Cankam Literature Or How to Trace the Laws of a Poetic Universe; GYULA WOJTILLA: Materials for a Critical Edition of the Kuttanimata; FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD: The Register of the Reliquary of Lord Ran-rig Ras-pa; Archiv fur indische Philosophie: ELI FRANCO: Towards a Reconstruction of the Spitzer Manuscript - The Dialectical Portion; TAKASHI IWATA: The Pramanaviniscaya on the Purpose of the Division of Reasons into Nine Types in the Hetucakra.

HERMAN TIEKEN: The Dissemination of Asoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts; UTE HUSKEN: Zu einer vergleichenden Studie der Texte Therigatha und Theragatha; LAMBERT SCHMITHAUSEN: Ein weiteres Fragment aus dem Prakarana: SHT VII 1697; EVA WILDEN: Towards an Internal Chronology of Old Tamil Cankam Literature Or How to Trace the Laws of a Poetic Universe; GYULA WOJTILLA: Materials for a Critical Edition of the Kuttanimata; FRANZ-KARL EHRHARD: The Register of the Reliquary of Lord Ran-rig Ras-pa; Archiv fur indische Philosophie: ELI FRANCO: Towards a Reconstruction of the Spitzer Manuscript - The Dialectical Portion; TAKASHI IWATA: The Pramanaviniscaya on the Purpose of the Division of Reasons into Nine Types in the Hetucakra.