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Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781409440147
Series Statement:
Dialogues in South Asian traditions: religion, philosophy, literature, and history
Content:
Dialogue between characters is an important feature of South Asian religious literature: entire narratives are often presented as a dialogue between two or more individuals, or the narrative or discourse is presented as a series of embedded conversations from different times and places. Including some of the most established scholars of South Asian religious texts, this book examines the use of dialogue in early South Asian texts with an interdisciplinary approach that crosses traditional boundaries between religious traditions. The contributors shed new light on the cultural ideas and practi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references an index
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Cover; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration and Citation; Introduction; Part I Dialogues Inside and Outside the Texts; 1 The Frogs Have Raised Their Voice: Ṛg Veda 7.103 as a Poetic Contemplation of Dialogue; 2 Dialogue and Apostrophe: A Move by Vālmīki?; 3 Didactic Dialogues: Communication of Doctrine and Strategies of Narrative in Jain Literature; 4 The Buddha as Storyteller: The Dialogical Setting of Jātaka Stories; Part II Texts in Dialogue; 5 Orality, Authority, and Conservatism in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras
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6 The Dialogue of Tradition: Purāṇa, Gītā, and Theological Heritage7 Dialogue and Genre in Indian Philosophy: Gītā, Polemic, and Doxography; Part III Moving Between Traditions; 9 The Power of Persuasion: The Use of Dialogues to Justify and Promote 'Early' Renunciation in the Jaina and Hindu Traditions; 10 Trusted Deceivers: Illusion-Making Ascetics, Paṇḍitas, Brahmins, and Bodhisattas and the Conditions for the Dialogic in Arthaśāstra and Jātaka Scenarios of Rule ; 11 Dialogue and Difference: Encountering the Other in Indian Religious and Philosophical Sources; Index
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1409440141
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1409440125
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1409440133
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9781409440147
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9781409440123
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9781409440130
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Print version Dialogue in early South Asian religions
Language:
English
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