The Philosophical Significance of Dhvani: Ontology, Epistemology, and Aesthetic Consciousness in Dhvanyāloka of Ānandavardhana
VOLUME 22, 2025
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Akash Sadanand Naik Salgaonkar, Dr Walter Menezes
Abstract
The theory of dhvani (suggestion), as articulated by Ānandavardhana in the Dhvanyāloka, marks a decisive philosophical transformation in Indian aesthetics and linguistic theory. This paper argues that dhvani is not merely a poetic device, but a comprehensive philosophical framework that redefines the ontology of meaning, expands epistemology, and establishes aesthetic experience (rasa) as a mode of knowledge. By introducing dhvani as a third semantic function beyond abhidhā (literal) and lakṣaṇā (indicative), Ānandavardhana shifts the understanding of language from a referential system to an experiential medium. Drawing on primary textual evidence from the Dhvanyāloka and contemporary scholarship, this article demonstrates how dhvani anticipates modern semantic, phenomenological, and reader-response theories while remaining firmly rooted in Indian philosophical traditions. The paper ultimately positions dhvani and argues for its relevance as a foundational contributional theory to the global philosophy of language and aesthetics.
Keywords :
Dhvani, Vyañjanā, Rasa, dhvanyārtha, Indian Aesthetics..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords :
Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty