Language and reality :

Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946-

Language and reality : on an episode in Indian thought / by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunatha - Rev. and with a new appendi - Boston : Brill, 201 - p. c - Brill`s Indological library ; v. .

Includes bibliographical references and inde

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 tanmatra


Rev. and updated English ed. of: Langage et r�ealit�e : sur un �episode de la pens�ee

9789004204355 (hardback : alk. paper)

2011006922


Philosophy, Indic
Language and languages--History. 0--Philosophy
Reference (Philosophy)--History. 0
Reality--History. 0

B132.S4 / B7613 2011
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