Language, texts, and society : explorations in ancient Indian culture and religion / / Patrick Olivelle [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Olivelle Patrick
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| Titolo: |
Language, texts, and society : explorations in ancient Indian culture and religion / / Patrick Olivelle [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (419 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 294.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hinduism |
| Sanskrit language | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India Civilization |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | FRONT MATTER; Half Title Page; Series Page; Main Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; MAIN MATTER; I. Young Svetaketu: A Literary Study of an Upanisadic Story; II. dharmaskandhah and brahmasamsthah: A Study of Chandogya Upanisad 2.23.1; III. Orgasmic Rapture and Divine Ecstasy: The Semantic History of ananda; IV. Amrta: Women and Indian Technologies of Immortality; V. Power of Words: The Ascetic Appropriation and the Semantic Evolution of dharma; VI. Semantic History of Dharma: The Middle and Late Vedic Periods; VII. Explorations in the Early History of Dharmasastra |
| VIII. Structure and Composition of the Manava DharmasastraIX. Caste and Purity: A Study in the Language of the Dharma Literature; X. Rhetoric and Reality: Women's Agency in the Dharmasastras; XI. Manu and Gautama: A Study in Sastric Intertextuality; XII. Manu and the Arthasastra: A Study in Sastric Intertextuality; XIII. Unfaithful Transmitters: Philological Criticism and Critical Editions of the Upanisads; XIV. Sanskrit Commentators and the Transmission of Texts: Haradatta on Apastamba-Dharmasutra; XV. Hair and Society: Social Significance of Hair in South Asian Traditions | |
| XVI. Abhaksya and Abhojya: An Exploration in Dietary LanguageXVII. Food for Thought: Dietary Rules and Social Organization in Ancient India; END MATTER; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This collection brings together the research papers of Patrick Olivelle, published over a period of about ten years. The unifying theme of these studies is the search for historical context and developments hidden within words and texts. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Language, Texts, & Society |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Language, texts and society |
| ISBN: | 1-280-49078-0 |
| 9786613586018 | |
| 1-84331-885-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461232103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Cultural, historical and textual studies of religions.