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Title Buddhism and linguistics : theory and philosophy / Manel Herat, editor
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 191 pages)
Contents Chapter 1: The Buddhist philosophy of language in India: an overview; Viktoria Lysenko -- Chapter 2: The Finger and the Moon: Language, Reality and Interpretation in Zen Buddhism; Duane Williams -- Chapter 3: Semiotics as Soteriology: A Different Look at Medieval Japanese Buddhism; Fabio Rambelli -- Chapter 4: Object-hood and Objectification in Buddhist Philosophy: Origin and Obstacle of Language; Jiajuang Xiong -- Chapter 5: Authenticating the Tradition through Linguistic Arguments; Vesna A. Wallace -- Chapter 6: Buddhism and Chinese Linguistics: Barbara Meisterernst -- Chapter 7: Tantric Epistemology and the Problem of Ineffability in The Seven Siddhi Texts; Adam Krug
Summary This edited collection brings linguistics into contact with a millennia of works by Buddhist scholars. Examining the Buddhist contemplative tradition and its extensive writings from an interdisciplinary perspective, the authors bridge the gap between such customs and human language. To do so, they provide chapters on linguistics, history, religious studies, philosophy and semiotics
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Subject Linguistics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Buddhism -- Essence, genius, nature.
Buddhist philosophy -- Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Buddhist philosophy.
Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Herat, Manel
ISBN 9783319674131
3319674137