Bronkhorst has concentrated on the history of Indian thought and published on a wide range of topics, including indigenous grammar and
linguistics, the interaction between
Brahmanism,
Buddhism, and
Jainism and their philosophical schools and religious practices. A key output of this work appeared in his monograph Greater Magadha (2007).[1] The book has been reviewed by several scholars including Jason Neelis[2] and Alexander Wynne.[3] Some of Bronkhort's publications address larger questions relating to the theory and study of religion. The website of the University of Lausanne provides access to some of his work.[4]
How the
Brahmins Won From Alexander to the Guptas. Brill. 2016.[6]
Rites without
symbols Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. In press.
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism. Leiden – Boston: Brill. (Handbook of Oriental Studies 2/24.). 2011.
Language and Reality: On an episode in Indian thought. Leiden - Boston: Brill. 2011.
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Archetypes and bottlenecks: Reflections on the text history of the
Mahābhārata." Pūrvāparaprajñābhinandanam. East and West, Past and Present. Indological and Other Essays in Honour of Klaus Karttunen. Ed. Bertil Tikkanen & Albion M. Butters. Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society. 2011. (Studia Orientalia 110, 2011.) pp. 39–54.
"The spread of Sanskrit." From
Turfan to Ajanta. Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Ed. Eli Franco and Monika Zin. Lumbini International Research Institute. 2010. Vol. 1. pp. 117–139.
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Ritual,
holophrastic utterances, and the symbolic mind." Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual. Volume I: Grammar and morphologies of ritual practices in Asia. Ed. Axel Michaels and Anand Mishra. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 2010. pp. 159–202.
"What did Indian philosophers believe?" Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy. Ed. Piotr Balcerowicz. Delhi:
Motilal Banarsidass. 2009 [2010]. (
WarsawIndological Studies, 3.) pp. 19–44.
Buddhist Teaching in India. Boston: Wisdom Publications. 2009.
"Udbhaṭa, a grammarian and a
Cārvāka." Linguistic Traditions of
Kashmir. Essays in memory of paṇḍit Dinanath Yaksha. Ed. Mrinal Kaul and
Ashok Aklujkar. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. 2008. pp. 281–299.
Greater Magadha. Studies in the culture of early India. Leiden – Boston: Brill. 2007. (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 2 South Asia, 19.)
"Vedānta as Mīmāṃsā." Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta: Interaction and Continuity. Ed. Johannes Bronkhorst. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. (Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, 10.3.) 2007. pp. 1–91.
Modes of debate and refutation of adversaries in classical and
medieval India: a preliminary investigation. Antiqvorvm Philosophia 1 ("Forme di dibattito e di confutazione degli avversari nel pensiero antico"), 2007, 269-280.
"Systematic philosophy between the empires: some determining features." Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Ed.
Patrick Olivelle. Oxford etc.: Oxford University Press. 2006. pp. 287–313.
Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita on sphoṭa. Journal of Indian Philosophy 33(1), 2005, 3-41.
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Ājīvika doctrine reconsidered." Essays in
Jaina Philosophy and Religion. Ed. Piotr Balcerowicz. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 2003. (Lala Sundarlal Jain Research Series, 20.) pp. 153–178.
Sylvain Lévi et les origines du théâtre indien. Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques 57(4), 2003, 793-811.
Literacy and rationality in ancient India. Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques 56(4), 2002, 797-831.
"Discipliné par le débat." Le disciple et ses maîtres. Pour Charles Malamoud. Under the direction of Lyne Bansat-Boudon and
John Scheid. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. 2002. (Le genre humain, 37.) pp. 207–225.
Pāṇini and
Euclid: reflections on Indian
geometry. Journal of Indian Philosophy 29 (1-2; Ingalls Commemoration Volume), 2001, 43-80.
"The
perennial philosophy and the law of karma." Aldous Huxley between East and West. Ed. C. C. Barfoot. Amsterdam - New York, N.Y.: Rodopi. 2001. (Studies in Comparative Literature, 37.) pp. 175–189.
Etymology and magic: Yāska's Nirukta,
Plato's Cratylus, and the riddle of
semantic etymologies. Numen 48, 2001, 147-203.
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Abhidharma and Jainism." Abhidharma and Indian Thought. Essays in honor of Professor Doctor Junsho Kato on his sixtieth birthday. Ed. Committee for the Felicitation of Professor Doctor Junsho Kato's Sixtieth Birthday, Nagoya. Tokyo: Shuju-sha. 2000. pp. 598–581 ([13]-[30]).