Sabda Reader - Language 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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Additional text

A valuable resource for a wide range of readers from non-Indological philosophers of language to Sanskrit specialists.

Product details

• Authors: Johannes Bronkhorst, Professor Johannes Bronkhorst, Sheldon Pollock
• Assisted by: Johannes Bronkhorst (Editor), Professor Johannes Bronkhorst (Editor), Sheldon Pollock (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780231189408
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18940-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought; Historical Sourcebooks in Clas; Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; PHILOSOPHY / Language, RELIGION / Philosophy, India, Religion: general, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Indic, Translation & interpretation, Sacred texts, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Translation and interpretation, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings, Other non-Christian religions