The Footprints of the Buddha

This book deals with Chinese and Japanese inscriptions (8th century AD) about the footprints of Buddha. The language of the Japanese inscription reflects the contemporary dialect of Nara. Its writing system presents a special interest being practically monophonic.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alexander Vovin, Ph.D. (1987), Saint Petersburg State University, is currently Directeur d'études at EHESS/CRLAO, Paris. He has published extensively on East and Inner Asia historical linguistics and philology. Among his major, most recent works are A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese, vol. 1-2 (Global Oriental 2005, 2009, second edition Brill 2020), and a multivolume edition and translation of the Man'yōshū, the first and the largest Japanese poetical anthology (Global Oriental/Brill, 2009-).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alexander Vovin
• Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.04.2021
• EAN: 9789004449770
• ISBN: 978-90-04-44977-0
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Serie: Languages of Asia
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft