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Acknowledgements
Iwouldliketothankmanypeoplewhoseencouragementandsupporthelped
mesomuchwhenIwaswritingthisbook.Firstofall,Iwouldliketoexpress
mydeepestthankstoProfessorRichardGombrich,whoencouragedmetowrite
thebookinEnglishandreaditsdraftversion.Overtheyearsofourdiscussions
aboutearlyIndianthinking,hehasgivenmeinvaluableinspirationandspacefor
developingmyownideas.IamverygratefultoProfessorElżbietaGórska,who
accompaniedmeinmyjourneyintocognitivelinguistics;hersensibilitytovarious
waysofhumanthinkingmakeshersupportevenmorevaluable.Iowemanythanks
toTimClapham,thefirstreaderofthefinalversionofthisbook,whocorrected
myEnglishwhilstseeingthebeautyoftheÇgvedicstanzasandfindingsolutions
toexpresstheancientthinkinginaclearway.IamindebtedtoProfessorDanuta
Stasik,DrAnnaTrynkowskaandmyothercolleaguesfromtheChairofSouthAsian
Studies,whotookovermyteachingdutiesduringasabbaticalyear2008/2009and
enabledmetofocusfullyonresearch.Thepublicationofthisbookwouldnotbe
possiblewithoutthefinancialsupportofferedbytheVice-rectorofUniversityof
Warsaw,ProfessorWłodzimierzLengauer,theDeanoftheFacultyofOrientalStudies,
ProfessorJolantaSierakowska-Dyndo,theVice-deanoftheFacultyofOriental
Studies,ProfessorPiotrTarachaandtheWarsawUniversityFoundation.Finally,
Iwouldliketothankmyfather,withwhomIcoulddiscussnumerousproblemson
amoregeneralphilosophicallevel,mymother,whohelpedmethroughalldifficult
moments,aswellasTomekandZosia,whoalwaysraisedmyspirits,gavemehope,
andsupportedmewiththeirpatienceandlove.
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