Theravada Literature After “Roads Taken and Not Taken”: Reflections on Recent Textual Studies

This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon...

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Auteur principal: Walker, Trent (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [publisher not identified] 2021
Dans: Journal of global buddhism
Année: 2021, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 199-209
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Hallisey, Charles 1953-, Roads taken and not taken in the study of Theravāda Buddhism / Theravāda / Littérature bouddhiste / Bouddhologie / Culture scientifique / Littérature comparée
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
BL Bouddhisme
Sujets non-standardisés:B Multilingualism
B Theravada Buddhism
B Intellectual History
B Pali
B vernacular literature
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Résumé:This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon, to attend to issues of translation, and to examine the local production of meaning. I show how these calls correspond to three recent trends: increased emphasis on non-canonical Pali and vernacular texts; a renewed interest in multilingual texts and the cultures of translation that shaped them; and new models for charting intellectual histories of Theravada Buddhist societies beyond local confines.
ISSN:1527-6457
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727617