A śabda reader : language in classical Indian thought /

A śabda reader : language in classical Indian thought /

"Language (śabda) occupied a central yet often unacknowledged place in classical Indian philosophical thought. Foundational thinkers considered topics such as the nature of language, its relationship to reality, the nature and existence of linguistic units and their capacity to convey meaning,...

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Other Authors: Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Sanskrit
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Series:Historical sourcebooks in classical Indian thought.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Indic.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Hindu philosophy.
Buddhist philosophy.
Jaina philosophy.
Sanskrit language > Philosophy.
Vedic language > Philosophy.
India > Languages > Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction: General observations about philosophy in India
  • The Brahmanical background
  • Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
  • The grammarian Patañjali
  • The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
  • Self-contradictory sentences
  • Do words affect cognition?
  • Words and sentences
  • Other denotative functions of the word
  • Part II. Reader
  • The Brahmanical background
  • Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
  • The grammarian Patañjali
  • The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
  • Self-contradictory sentences
  • Do words affect cognition?
  • Words and sentences
  • Other denotative functions of the word : Mukulabhaṭṭa.

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