1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462081503321

Autore

Larsson Stefan <1968->

Titolo

Crazy for wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : the making of a mad yogin in fifteenth-century Tibet / / by Stefan Larsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

90-04-23287-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Collana

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; ; v. 30

Disciplina

294.3/923092

B

Soggetti

Buddhists - Biography - 15th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Stockholm, 2009) under the title: Birth of a Heruka : How Sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan became gTsang smyon Heruka : A Study of a Mad Yogin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources -- 3 Birth and Childhood -- 4 The Exceptional Monk -- 5 The Birth of a Heruka -- 6 The Mad Yogin -- 7 A Mad Yogin Turns the Wheel of Dharma -- 8 Tsangnyön Heruka and Tantric Buddhism -- 9 Tsangnyön’s Own Works -- 10 Some Key Figures and Texts -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Tibetan Spelling Key -- Appendix 1 Tentative Chronology of the Life of Tsangnyön -- Appendix 2 A Summary of the Life of Tsangnyön Heruka -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In his early twenties, the Tibetan monk Sangyé Gyaltsen (1452–1507) left his monastery to become a wandering tantric yogin. As he moved from place to place, seeking enlightenment beyond the bounds of monasticism, his behavior became increasingly erratic. While some were shocked or even angered by his actions, others were drawn to him. Tsangnyön’s followers described his transgressive behaviors as enlightened action, rooted in authoritative Buddhist scripture. Using biographical sources, Stefan Larsson explores Sangyé Gyaltsen’s transformation into the charismatic ‘Madman of Tsang,’ Tsangnyön Heruka. Best known today as the author of the Life of Milarepa , Tsangnyön Heruka was one of the most influential mad yogins of Tibet. His biography brings its reader face-to-face with an unexpected aspect



of Buddhist practice that flourished in fifteenth-century Tibet.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781840303321

Autore

Miller D. Gary

Titolo

Complex verb formation [[electronic resource] /] / D. Gary Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1993

ISBN

1-283-31298-0

9786613312983

90-272-7699-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 95

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word formation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-369) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

COMPLEX VERB FORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MORPHOLOGY; 2. THEORIES OF VERBAL MORPHEME ORDER; 3. PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS IN MORPHOLOGY; 4 THE FP HYPOTHESIS, COMPOUNDING, AND INCORPORATION; 5. PREPOSITION INCORPORATION; 6. GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION CHANGING PROCESSES; 7. PASSIVE, MIDDLE, AND ERGATIVE; 8. REFLEXIVE AND RECIPROCAL VERBS; 9. REFLEXIVE INCORPORATION AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE IN SCANDINAVIAN; 10. ON THE NOTION 'PASSIVE MORPHOLOGY'; 11. CAUSATIVE VERB FORMATION

12. COMPLEXINTERACTIONSREFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This investigation of complex verb formation seeks to identify and clarify the way(s) in which a base verb becomes 'complex'. The author carefully considers both the syntactic and the morphological side of this question, and in doing so brings a wealth of data from very diverse languages to bear on claims made about the relationship between



syntactic and morphological structure. The work takes the radical position that most data admit of either a syntactic (Phrase Structure) or lexical analysis because both are likely to be valid - under different circumstances. Both approaches are consistentl