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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Auteurs: Freschi, Elisa (Auteur) ; Pontillo, Tiziana (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Frankfurt am Main Lang-Ed. 2013
Dans:Année: 2013
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Philosophie / Hindouisme / Śrautasūtra / Tantrisme / Prāsaṅgika
Sujets non-standardisés:B Philosophy, Indic
B Śrautasūtras Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Prāsaṅgika
B Tantrism (India)
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Résumé: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
ISBN:3631628722