Language and reality [electronic resource] : on an episode in Indian thought / by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunathan.

By: Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 36.Publication details: Boston : Brill, 2011Edition: Rev. and with a new appendixDescription: xiii, 170 pISBN: 9789004204744 (electronic bk.)Uniform titles: Langage et realite. English Subject(s): Philosophy, Indic -- History | Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History | Reference (Philosophy) -- History | Reality -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 181/.4 LOC classification: B132.S4 | B7613 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Aim of the lectures -- Early Brahmanical literature -- Panini's grammar -- A passage from the Chandogya Upanisad -- The structures of languages -- The Buddhist contribution -- Vaisesika and language -- Verbal knowledge -- The contradictions of Nagarjuna -- The reactions of other thinkers -- Sarvastivada Samkhya -- The Agamasastra of Gaudapada -- Sankara -- Kashmiri Saivism -- Jainism -- Early Vaisesika -- Critiques of the existence of a thing before its arising -- Nyaya -- Mimamsa -- The Abhidharmakosa bhasya of Vasubandhu -- The Abhidharmasamuccaya of Asanga and its bhasya -- Bhartrhari -- The problem of negation -- Dignaga and verbal knowledge -- The Bodhisattvabhumi -- Prajnakaragupta -- Indian thinkers and the correspondence principle -- Appendix. The Mahaprajnaparamitasastra and the Samkhya tanmatras.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aim of the lectures -- Early Brahmanical literature -- Panini's grammar -- A passage from the Chandogya Upanisad -- The structures of languages -- The Buddhist contribution -- Vaisesika and language -- Verbal knowledge -- The contradictions of Nagarjuna -- The reactions of other thinkers -- Sarvastivada Samkhya -- The Agamasastra of Gaudapada -- Sankara -- Kashmiri Saivism -- Jainism -- Early Vaisesika -- Critiques of the existence of a thing before its arising -- Nyaya -- Mimamsa -- The Abhidharmakosa bhasya of Vasubandhu -- The Abhidharmasamuccaya of Asanga and its bhasya -- Bhartrhari -- The problem of negation -- Dignaga and verbal knowledge -- The Bodhisattvabhumi -- Prajnakaragupta -- Indian thinkers and the correspondence principle -- Appendix. The Mahaprajnaparamitasastra and the Samkhya tanmatras.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Rev. and updated English ed. of: Langage et realite : sur un episode de la pensee indienne.

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