Sukumar Sen

Pali 'maraji': Sanskrit 'smarajic'

By Sukumar Sen

This short note compares the Pali word ‘maraji’ with the Sanskrit adjective ‘smarajic’, both derived from the root ‘smṛ’ meaning ‘to remember’. The author analyses how phonological and morphological…

Indo-Arica

By Sukumar Sen

This linguistic note scrutinises two secondary affixes in Sanskrit: –vya and –cara. The author notes that only a few words, such as the Vedic bhrātṛvya ('father’s brother’s son') and the classical…

The Indefinite Pronoun in Indo-Iranian

By Sukumar Sen

On the Buddhacarita of Asvaghosa

By Sukumar Sen

Sukumar Sen’s article discusses the epic poem Buddhacarita (“Acts of the Buddha”) composed by the 1st–2nd century CE poet Asvaghosa. Sen summarizes the narrative of the poem, which recounts…