Sanskrit and the Advaitic View of Truth

PAUL DOUGLAS has had an enduring interest in Advaita philosophy and the Sanskrit language for much of his life, having taken up the practice of Advaita in 1960s and the study of Sanskrit in the 1970s. He has taught both subjects for many years in the School of Economic Science in London and has written a three year course for the School's students of Sanskrit both in the UK and abroad. His special interest has been the comprehensive grammar of Sanskrit as described by the famous grammarian Panini over 2000 years ago. This led him to write a series of booklets on Laghusiddhantakaumudi, a classic Paninian grammar of the 17th century, to make it accessible to students of today. More recently he has studied modern Western philosophy which has led him to see connections between some modern views of language, Advaita philosophy and the principles on which Sanskrit is formed.