Publication

2013 - Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter

Language

English

Word Count

44,250 words, Guess

Page Count

177 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCBL1283.83.F74 2013

Description

This study focuses on the devices implemented in classical Indian texts on ritual and language in order to develop a structure of rules in an economic and systematic way. These devices presuppose a spatial approach to ritual and language, one which deals for instance with absences as substitutions within a pre-existing grid, and not as temporal disappearances. In this way, the study reveals a key feature of some among the most influential schools of Indian thought. The sources are Kalpasūtra, Vyākaraṇa and Mīmāṃsā, three textual traditions which developed alongside each other, sharing - as the volume shows - common presuppositions and methodologies. The book will be of interest for Sanskritists, scholars of ritual exegesis and of the history of linguistics. - Cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Rule-Extension Strategies in Ancient India: Ritual, Exegetical and Linguistic Considerations on the Tantra - and Prasaṅga -PrinciplesLang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter2013-01-01

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