List of Figures List of Tables Foreword, Larry McCrea How to Use This Book Part I: Introduction Why did Mukula Bhatta write the Fundamentals? Indication and Resolving Incongruity: Mukula's Response Understanding Mukula’s Context Further Reading by Topic - Locating Linguistic Philosophy - Theories of Word Meaning - Theories of Sentence Meaning - Poetics and Linguistics - After Mukula Part II: English Translation of “The Fundamentals of the Communicative Function” About This Translation Introduction Verses 1-15 Appendix 1: Outline of the Fundamentals of the Communicative Function Appendix 2: Linguistic Examples used by Mukula Part III: Commentary on “The Fundamentals of the Communicative Function” About This Commentary Introduction Verses 1-15 Part IV: Sanskrit Text of the Abhidhavrttamatrka Transliteration Convention Introduction Verses 1-15 Part V: Mukula and Contemporary Linguistic Philosophy Mukula Bhatta on Sentence Meaning and the Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction Mukula Bhatta on Primary and Secondary Meaning A Contemporary Approach to What is Said: François Recanati What is Said, What is Expressed Lessons and Future Inquiry Part VI: Study Resources Glossary Sanskrit Pronunciation Chronology of Important Figures and Dates Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Subject and Name Index

The brilliance of Dr Keating’s work lies in the fact that his book, at present the only book length exposition of Bhatt’s life and work, is accessible to the lay reader interested in linguistics and philosophy, despite the extremely complex subject matter it deals with.