Dr. Phyllis Granoff is currently the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions at Yale University and one of the most renowned scholars of Indian philosophy and literature. After graduating from Radcliffe College she earned her Ph.D. in Sanskrit, Indian Studies and Fine Arts from Harvard University. She is ?uent in numerous Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, Ardha Magadhi, Bengalo, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati and Oriya. She has published twelve books, some seventy articles, and now is the editor of the Journal of Indian Philosophy.