Somānanda on the Meaningfulness of Language

The present article examines Somānanda's understanding of the denotative capacity of speech (śabda) as presented in his Śivadṛṣṭi, āhnika four. Somānanda argues that this denotative capacity is innate in words because based in a real sāmānya or universal; that a permanent connection links śabda...

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1. VerfasserIn: Nemec, John (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill [2019]
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Jahr: 2019, Band: 62, Heft: 3, Seiten: 227-268
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Somānanda, Śivadṛṣṭi / Sprachphilosophie
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus
weitere Schlagwörter:B śabdārthasaṃbandha
B Pratyabhijñā
B Kumārila
B anyāpoha
B Dharmakīrti
B Somānanda
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Zusammenfassung:The present article examines Somānanda's understanding of the denotative capacity of speech (śabda) as presented in his Śivadṛṣṭi, āhnika four. Somānanda argues that this denotative capacity is innate in words because based in a real sāmānya or universal; that a permanent connection links śabda and its object (artha), not convention (saṃketa); and that the referent of speech is an object innately imbued with linguistic capacity in the form of an ever-present, innate sāmānya. Each of these positions is also supported by the Mīmāṃsā, and Somānanda, citing both Sabara and Kumārila, assents to their positions on these points on the understanding that they may only be accepted as philosophically sound if one presumes the existence of a Saiva non-duality of all as Siva-as-consciousness. These positions, in turn, are all deployed as arguments against those of the Buddhist Pramāṇa Theorists, whose views in each of these three areas Somānanda contests.
ISSN:1572-8536
Enthält:Enthalten in: Indo-Iranian journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06203002