Rule-extension strategies in ancient India: ritual, exegetical and linguistic considerations on the "tantra"- and "prasȧnga"-principles
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 w...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt am Main
Lang-Ed.
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philosophy
/ Hinduism
/ Śrautasūtra
/ Tantrism
/ Only Appearance Madhyamika
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| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy, Indic
B Śrautasūtras Criticism, interpretation, etc B Only Appearance Madhyamika B Tantrism (India) |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| ISBN: | 3631628722 |