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I must, first and foremost, express my deep gratitude to my Mother, Mrs. Sheila B. Nelson, without whose unfailing support and encouragement this dissertation would never have been completed. To my doctoral committee at McMaster University-Profs. J. G. Arapura, P. Granoff, and K. Sivaraman--I owe a special debt for their continued support and understanding during the extended period it took me to complete this work. It is my happy duty also to acknowledge the financial support given to me by The Cananda Council, which made my research possible, and also to thank the Canandian people, who indirectly provided for my graduate study through that agency and others as well, notably the Ontario Graduate Fellowship. It is my sincere hope that I will be able to make a contribution equal in some small proportion to the trust that these persons and institutions have placed in me. To my professors, now colleagues and friends, at the University of San Diego, especially Fr. Ronald Pachence and Dr. Helen deLaurentis, I must express my deep appreciation for the loving encouragement and esteem they provided in times of need. This kindness was of immeasurable help to me in the midst of my struggles with this material.

For his considerable practical help with the mechanical details of committing this project to print, I must thank Dr. Jack Pope of the University of San Diego, Academic Computing. Thanks are due as well to Mr. Devin Milner and Ms. Pat Higgins, of the James S. Copley Library, USD, who cheerfully helped me find many obscure texts through interlibrary loans. I also must acknowledge the assistance and editorial acumen of Mrs. Lila Youngs, who was kind enough to proofread the manuscript at several stages of its development. To the revered teachers with whom I had the priviledge of studying in Poona--Sri K. Venugopalan, Dr. V. M. Paranjpe, and Mrs. M. K. Desai--I offer my pranams and sincere expression of deep gratitude for sharing with me a small part of their immeasurably rich tradition. It is more than a mere platitude to say that without their help this work would have been impossible for me. I must also express my thanks to Dr. S. D. Joshi, Head of the Institute of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Poona, for his kind hospitality and guidance during my stay in India, and to Prof. R. D. Laddu, retired Professor of Sanskrit, University of Gwalior, who helped me with the sections of the Gudharthadlpika translated in chapter nine. The people of India--sages and scholars, and common folk as well--have allowed me access to a profound world of vi

meaning, insight, and sentiment (rasa). In acknowledgement of this debt, I wish finally to dedicate this work to them. I cherish the hope that it will make some small contribution to the process through which their heritage is becoming a major factor in the increasingly cosmopolitan and ecumenical culture of our small planet. San Diego, June, 1986 vii