Bronkhorst / Pollock A Sabda Reader

Language in Classical Indian Thought
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54831-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Reihe: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought

The first reader on language in—and the language of—classical Indian philosophy, A Sabda Reader offers a comprehensive and pedagogically valuable treatment of this topic. It brings together newly translated passages by authors from a variety of traditions—Brahmin, Buddhist, Jaina—representing a number of schools of thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronkhorst, Johannes

Pollock, Sheldon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Part I. Introduction
General Observations About Philosophy in India
1. The Brahmanical Background
2. Buddhist Thought: Source of Inspiration
3. The Grammarian Patanjali
4. The Special Place of Sanskrit and the Veda
5. Self-Contradictory Sentences
6. Do Words Affect Cognition?
7. Words and Sentences
8. Other Denotative Functions of the Word
Part II. Reader
1. The Brahmanical Background
2. Buddhist Thought: Source of Inspiration
3. The Grammarian Patanjali
4. The Special Place of Sanskrit and the Veda
5. Self-Contradictory Sentences
6. Do Words Affect Cognition?
7. Words and Sentences
8. Other Denotative Functions of the Word
Index of Translated Passages
The Texts and Their Dates
Chronological Table of Authors and Works
Editions Used
Technical Terms and Their Equivalents in English
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bronkhorst Johannes:
Johannes Bronkhorst (PhD, Sanskrit and Pali, University of Pune) is Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the University of Lausanne. He is the author of a number of books, including Karma (Hawaii, 2011), Buddhist Teaching in India (Wisdom, 2009), Tradition and Argument in Classical Indian Linguistics (Springer, 2013), Language and Reality (Brill, 2011), and How the Brahmins Won (Brill, 2016).Johannes Bronkhorst is professor emeritus of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of Lausanne. He is the author of a number of books, including Buddhist Teaching in India (2009) and How the Brahmins Won: From Alexander to the Guptas (2016).