Language and reality on an episode in Indian thought / by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunathan.
| Author/creator | Bronkhorst, Johannes |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Rev. and with a new appendix. |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xiii, 170 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Langage et réalité. English |
| Series | Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 36 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-158) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Rev. and updated English ed. of: Langage et réalité : sur un épisode de la pensée indienne. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011006922 |
| ISBN | 9789004204355 (hardback : alk. paper) |