Elisa Freschi is project-leader at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. After a degree in Sanskrit and one in Philosophy, she has gained her PhD on Indian Philosophy, with a thesis on the Epistemology of Sacred Texts (2006). She works on themes of epistemology, linguistics and philosophy of religion. Tiziana Pontillo is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit at Cagliari University, Italy (since 2002). She gained her PhD with a thesis on Pāṇiṇi’s Zero-Morphology (2000) and has taught General Linguistics at Udine University (2001-2002). She is the author of more than 70 contributions, often included in the proceedings of international conferences.

• Contents: Scientific descriptive methods – Substitution patterns – Zero-theories – Extra-mathematical concept of placeholder – Conflict between different rules – Technical literatures in comparison: ritual and grammatical traditions – Space (vs. time) as conceptual background – tantra (simultaneous application) vs. prasaṅga (automatic involvement) – Automatic involvement and blocking of rules.

Elisa Freschi is project-leader at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. After a degree in Sanskrit and one in Philosophy, she has gained her PhD on Indian Philosophy, with a thesis on the Epistemology of Sacred Texts (2006). She works on themes of epistemology, linguistics and philosophy of religion. Tiziana Pontillo is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit at Cagliari University, Italy (since 2002). She gained her PhD with a thesis on Pāṇiṇi’s Zero-Morphology (2000) and has taught General Linguistics at Udine University (2001-2002). She is the author of more than 70 contributions, often included in the proceedings of international conferences.

• Contents: Scientific descriptive methods – Substitution patterns – Zero-theories – Extra-mathematical concept of placeholder – Conflict between different rules – Technical literatures in comparison: ritual and grammatical traditions – Space (vs. time) as conceptual background – tantra (simultaneous application) vs. prasaṅga (automatic involvement) – Automatic involvement and blocking of rules.

Elisa Freschi is project-leader at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. After a degree in Sanskrit and one in Philosophy, she has gained her PhD on Indian Philosophy, with a thesis on the Epistemology of Sacred Texts (2006). She works on themes of epistemology, linguistics and philosophy of religion. Tiziana Pontillo is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit at Cagliari University, Italy (since 2002). She gained her PhD with a thesis on Pāṇiṇi’s Zero-Morphology (2000) and has taught General Linguistics at Udine University (2001-2002). She is the author of more than 70 contributions, often included in the proceedings of international conferences.

• Contents: Scientific descriptive methods – Substitution patterns – Zero-theories – Extra-mathematical concept of placeholder – Conflict between different rules – Technical literatures in comparison: ritual and grammatical traditions – Space (vs. time) as conceptual background – tantra (simultaneous application) vs. prasaṅga (automatic involvement) – Automatic involvement and blocking of rules.