Houben’s publications in his Leiden/Dutch period (1990-2003) and some later works related to Dutch Indology, are:
1990 “The sequencelessness of the signifier in Bhartṛhari’s theory of language.” IT 15-16 (1989-1990) (Proceedings of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference, Leiden, August 23-29, 1987): 119-129.
1991 The Pravargya Brāhmaṇa of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka: an ancient commentary on the Pravargya ritual, introduction, translation, and notes , Delhi.
1992 The Saṁbandha-samuddeśa (chapter on relation) and Bhartṛhari’s philosophy of language: a study of Bhartṛhari’s Saṁbandha-samuddeśa in the context of the Vākyapadīya with a translation of Helārāja’s commentary Prakīrṇa-Prakāśa on the Saṁbandha-samuddeśa, 3 vols, [s.l.]. – PhD thesis Utrecht; enlarged published as Gonda Oriental Studies 2, Groningen 1995.
– “Bhartṛhari’s samaya / Helārāja’s saṃketa.” JIP 20: 219-242.
1993 “Bhartṛhari en de structuur van het Sanskrit: ‘God’s truth’ of ‘hocus-pocus’?” In: Nieuwe wegen in taal- en literauurwetenschap: handelingen van het eenenveerstigste Filologencongres, Tilburg, 15 december 1990, Tilburg, pp. 143-158.
– “Who are Bhartṛhari’s padadarśins? On the development of Bhartrhari’s philosophy of langaue.” AS/ÉA 47.1 ( Proceedings of the first international conference on Bhartṛhari, Poona, January 6-8, 1992): 155-169.
– “Bhartṛhari’s perspectivism (3): on the structure of the third Kāṇḍa of the Vākyapadīya.” Sambodhi (L.D. Institute of Indology) 18 (1992-1993): 1-32.
1994 “Bhartṛhari’s familiarity with Jainism.” ABORI 75: 1-24.
– “Early Indian authors and linguistic change (Postscript to: Bhartṛhari’s familiarity with Jainism).” ABORI 75: 256-257.
– “Liberation and natural philosophy in early Vaiśeṣika: some methodological problems.” AS/ÉA 48,2: 711-748.
1995 The Saṁbandha-samuddeśa (chapter on relation) and Bhartṛhari’s philosophy of language : a study of Bhartṛhari Saṁbandha-samuddeśa in the context of the Vākyapadīya with a translation of Helārāja’s commentary Prakīrṇa-Prakāśa, Groningen: Forsten (Gonda Oriental Studies 2). – On the basis of 1992 dissertation, index and appendices added.
– “Bhartṛhari’s perspectivism (2): Bhartṛhari on the primary unit of language.” In: Klaus D. Dutz and Kjell-Åke Forsgren (eds), History and rationality, the Skovde papers in the historiography of linguistics, Münster (Acta Universitatis Skovdensis, Series Linguistica 1), pp. 29-62.
– “Bhartṛhari’s solution to the liar and some other paradoxes.” JIP 23: 381-401.
1996 Editor of: Ideology and status of Sanskrit: contributions to the history of the Sanskrit language, Leiden. – Outcome of the seminar “Ideology and status of Sanskrit in South and Southeast Asia” organized under the auspices of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, 17-19 November 1994.
– “Introduction: towards a social history of the Sanskrit language.” In: Jan E.M. Houben (ed.), Ideology and Status of Sanskrit, Leiden, pp. 1-13.
– “Socio-linguistic attitudes reflected in the work of Bhartṛhari and later grammarians.” In: Jan E.M. Houben (ed.), Ideology and Status of Sanskrit, Leiden, pp. 157-193.
1997 & W. van Bekkum et al., The emergence of semantics in four linguistic traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic, Amsterdam (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics 82).
– “The Sanskrit tradition.” In: W. van Bekkum et al., The emergence of semantics in four linguistic traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic, Amsterdam, pp. 49-145.
– & W. van Bekkum et al, “Meaning in four linguistic traditions: a comparison.” In: W. van Bekkum et al., The emergence of semantics in four linguistic traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic, Amsterdam, pp. 285-300.
– “Bhartṛhari’s perspectivism (1): the Vṛtti and Bhartṛhari’s perspectivism in the first Kāṇḍa of the Vākyapadīya.” In: K. Preisendanz and E. Franco (eds), Beyond Orientalism: the work of W. Halbfass and its impact on Indian and cross-cultural studies, Amsterdam, pp. 317-358.
– “Sūtra and bhāṣyasūtra in Bhartṛhari’s Mahābhāṣya-Dīpikā: on the theory and practice of a scientific and philosophical genre.” In: D. van der Meij (ed.), India and beyond: aspects of literature, meaning, ritual and thought: essays in honour of Frits Staal, London, pp. 271-305.
– “Bhartṛhari’s Vākyapadīya and the ancient Vṛtti (1): the Vṛtti and Vṛṣabhadeva’s Paddhati on Vākyapadīya 1.46a ātmabhedaṁ / ātmabhedas . . .” ABORI 78: 177-198.
– “Philosophy East and West, part I: towards a global reservoir of idea-o-diversity.” IIAS Newsletter 13: 18.
– “Philosophy East and West, part II: need and basis for a global approach.” IIAS Newsletter 14: 15.
– “Bhartṛhari’s Vākyapadīya and the ancient Vṛtti (2): the Vedic background of the author of the Vākyapadīya-Vṛtti.” SII 21: 71-77.
1998 “Philosophy East and West, part III: Orientalism, its critique, and beyond.” ( = review article of: K. Preisendanz and E. Franco (eds), Beyond Orientalism: the work of Wilhelm Halbfass and its impact on Indian and cross-cultural studies, Amsterdam 1997. IIAS Newsletter 15: 16
– “The theoretical positions of Bhartṛhari and the respectable grammarian.” Rivista degli Studi Orientali 72:101-142.
– Review of: Peter M. Scharf, The denotation of generic terms in ancient Indian philosophy: grammar, Nyāya, and Mīmāṃsa, Philadelphia 1996. WZKS 42: 225-227.
1999 & K.R. van Kooij (eds), Violence denied: violence, non-violence and the rationalization of violence in South Asian cultural history, Leiden (Brill’s indological library 16).
– & K.R. van Kooij, “Introduction: violence, non-violence and the rationalization of violence in South Asian cultural history.” In: Jan E.M. Houben and K.R. van Kooij (eds), Violence denied: violence, non-violence and the rationalization of violence in South Asian cultural history, Leiden, pp. 1-15.
– “To kill or not to kill the sacrificial animal (yajña-paśu): arguments and perspectives in Brahminical ethical philosophy.” In: Jan E.M. Houben and K.R. van Kooij (eds), Violence denied: violence, non-violence and the rationalization of violence in South Asian cultural history, Leiden, pp. 105-183.
– “Bhartṛhari’s Vākyapadīya and the ancient Vṛtti (3): on syntactic and stylistic evidence regarding the authorship of the Vākyapadīya-Vṛtti.” WZKS 43: 167-197.
– Videofilm: The Vedic Pravargya ritual: performances in Delhi, Dec. 1996. Filming: J.E.M. Houben; editing: Nandini Bedi and J.E.M. Houben. Leiden, 1999.
– Taittirīya-Āraṇyaka, prapāṭhaka 5: text on the basis of three editions, 1999, titus project.
– “ ‘Meaning Statements’ in Pāṇini’s grammar: on the purpose and context of the Aṣṭādhyāyī.” SII 22 [2001]: 23-54.
2000 Taittirīya-Āraṇyaka, prapāṭhaka 4: text on the basis of three editions , 2000, titus project.
– “On the earliest attestable forms of the Pravargya ritual: Ṛg-Vedic references to the Gharma-Pravargya, especially in the Atri-family book (book 5).” IIJ 43: 1-25.
– “The ritual pragmatics of a Vedic hymn: the ‘riddle hymn’ (Ṛgveda 1.164) and the Pravargya ritual.” JAOS 120,4: 499-536.
– “Language and thought in the Sanskrit tradition.” In: S. Auroux et al. (eds), History of the language sciences / Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaften / Histoire des sciences du langage: an international handbook on the evolution of the study of language from the beginnings to the present … , vol. 1, Berlin-New York, pp. 146-157.
– Review of: Roque Mesquita, Madhva und seinen unbekannten literarischen Quellen, Vienna 1997. AS/ÉA 54,2: 463-468.
– Review of: G. Oberhammer, Ernst Prets und Joachim Prandsteter, Terminologie der frühen philosophischen Scholastik in Indien: ein Begriffswörterbuch zur altindischen Dialektik, Erkenntnislehre und Methodologie, Band 2: U-Pu, Vienna 1996 (Österreichische Ak. der Wissenschaften, phil.-historische Klasse, Denkschriften, 248). AS/ÉA 54,2: 468-478.
2001 “The Vedic horse-sacrifice and the changing use of the term ahiṃsā: an early insertion in TB 3.9.8?” In: K. Karttunen & P. Koskikallio (eds), Vidyārṇavavandanam: essays in honour of Asko Parpola, Helsinki (Studia Orientalia 94), pp. 279-290.
– “Paradoxe et perspectivisme dans la philosophie de langage de Bhartṛhari: langage, pensée et réalité.” BEI 19: 173-199.
– “’Verschriftlichung’ and the relation between the pramāṇas in the history of Sāṃkhya.” Études de Lettres 2001,3 ( La rationalité en Asie / Rationality in Asia): 165-194.
– Review of: Eivind Kahrs, Indian semantic analysis: the ‘nirvacana’ tradition, Cambridge 1998 (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 55). BSOAS 64,1: 130-132.
2002 “Filosofia e filologia tra Oriente e Occidente: appello per la salvaguardia dell’ideodiversità.” In: Verso l’India, Oltro l’India: scritti e ricerche sulle tradizioni intellettuali sudasiatiche (a cura di Federico Squarcini), Milano, pp. 153-171.
– “Semantics in the history of South Asian thought: three observations on the emergence of semantics in the Sanskrit tradition.” In: M.M. Deshpande and P.E. Hook (eds), Indian linguistic studies: Festschrift in honor of George Cardona, Delhi, pp. 202-222.
2003 “Three myths in modern Pāṇinian studies.” Review article of George Cardona, Recent Research in Pāṇinian Studies, Delhi 1999. AS/ÉA 57,1: 121-179.
– “The Soma-Haoma problem: introductory overview and observations on the discussion.” Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies 9,1 (www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs/).
– “Brief report of the workshop the Soma/Haoma-cult in early Vedism and Zoroastrism: archeology, text, and ritual, Leiden, 3-4 JULY 1999.” Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies 9,1 (www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs/).
– “The Brahmin intellectual: history, ritual and ‘Time out of Time’.” JIP 30,5: 463-479.
– “Anoniem, uit Rigveda, de grote raadselhymne.” In: Jan Bor en Karel van der Leeuw (red.), 25 eeuwen Oosterse filosofie: teksten, toelichtingen, Amsterdam, pp. 43-49.
– “Shabara: over de eeuwigheid van taal en klank (introduction and translation of selected passage).” In: Jan Bor en Karel van der Leeuw (red.), 25 eeuwen Oosterse filosofie: teksten, toelichtingen, Amsterdam, pp. 118-123.
– “Prashastapada: over de substantie aarde (introduction and translation of selected passage).” In: Jan Bor en Karel van der Leeuw (red.), 25 eeuwen Oosterse filosofie: teksten, toelichtingen, Amsterdam, pp. 136-141.
– “Bhartṛhari: over taal, bewustzijn en werkelijkheid (introduction and translation of selected passage).” In: Jan Bor en Karel van der Leeuw (red.), 25 eeuwen Oosterse filosofie: teksten, toelichtingen, Amsterdam, pp. 142-146.
2004 & Arlo Griffiths (eds), The Vedas: texts, language & ritual: proceedings of the third international Vedic workshop, Leiden 2002, Groningen (Groningen Oriental Studies 20).
– “Memetics of Vedic ritual, morphology of the Agniṣṭoma.” In: Jan E.M. Houben & Arlo Griffiths (eds), The Vedas: texts, language & ritual: proceedings of the third international Vedic workshop, Leiden 2002, Groningen (Groningen Oriental Studies 20), pp. 385-415.
2012 “Johannes Bronkhorst and Indian studies.” In: F. Voegeli et al. (eds), Devadattīyam: Johannes Bronkhorst felicitation volume, Berlin etc., pp. 1-8.
– “On the bahiraṅga-rule in Pāṇinian grammar: Nāgeśa and Nārāyaṇa.” In: F. Voegeli et al. (eds), Devadattīyam: Johannes Bronkhorst felicitation volume, Berlin etc., pp. 79-106.
2013 “Celebrating 20 years of IIAS: introduction.” IIAS Newsletter 66 (Special issue): 4.
2019 & Dory Heilijgers and Karel van Kooij (eds). Henk Bodewitz, Vedic cosmology and ethics: selected studies. Leiden: Brill (Gonda Indological Studies 19).

forthcoming
– “The Avāntaradīkṣā-P: the ‘Interior’ or ‘Rudimentary’ initiation of the Pravargya ritual.” Communication presented at the second international Vedic workshop, KyotoUniversity, 30 October – 2 November 1999.
– “Structures, events and ritual practice: the Gharma and Atri’s rescue by the Aśvins.” Contribution at the seminar: Language, myth and poetry in ancient India and Iran, Jerusalem, 19-21 March, 2001.
– “Ṛgveda 1.164.23-24 and the philosophy of language of Bhartṛhari.” Volume in honor of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Halbfass, ed. by K. Preisendanz and Eli Franco.
– “Penser les êtres – plantes et animaux – ‘à l’indienne’.” Actes du colloque Penser, Imaginer, Representer l’Animal dans le monde indien, Paris, avril 2002.
– Review of: Alessandro Passi, L’elisir del furto secondo il dharma (dharmacauryarasāyana) (Milano), ABORI.