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Indian Semantic Analysis: The Nirvacana Tradition: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, cartea 55

Autor Eivind Kahrs
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 mar 1999
The Indian tradition of semantic elucidation known as nirvacana analysis represented a powerful hermeneutic tool in the exegesis and transmission of authoritative scripture. Nevertheless, it has all too frequently been dismissed by modern scholars as anything from folk-etymology to a primitive forerunner of historical linguistics. Eivind Kahrs argues that such views fall short of explaining both its acceptance within the sophisticated grammatical tradition of vyakarana and its effective usage in the processing of Sanskrit texts. He establishes his argument by investigating the learned Sanskrit literature of Saiva Kashmir and explains the nirvacana tradition in the light of a model substitution, used at least since the time of the Upanisads and later refined in the technical literatures of grammar and ritual. According to this model, a substitute (adesa) takes the place (sthana) of the original placeholder (sthanin). On the basis of a searching analysis of Sanskrit texts, the author argues that this sthana 'place' can be interpreted as 'meaning', the model thereby providing favourable circumstances for reinterpretation and change.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521631884
ISBN-10: 0521631882
Pagini: 322
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria University of Cambridge Oriental Publications

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. An outline of strategies; 2. Nirvacanasástra; 3. Praxis: Saiva Lashmir; 4. The universe of Yaska; 5. Substitution; 6. Epilogue.

Recenzii

"...this book is a richly documented, successful effort to find a place for Yaska and the nirvacana tradition of semantic analysis that can rightly be claimed as their own. Handsomely produced, it contains all the standard resources (e.g., lists of abbreviations, bibliography, and index) expected in a first-rate scholarly work." Anthropological Linguistics

Descriere

The author examines the Indian tradition of semantic elucidation known as nirvacana analysis.