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Book Selected studies

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  • Release : 1975
  • ISBN : 9789004042285
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Selected studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Studies  Indo European linguistics

Download or read book Selected Studies Indo European linguistics written by Jan Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1975 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The R  m  ya   a of V  lm  ki

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  • Author : Vālmīki
  • Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9788120831636
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book The R m ya a of V lm ki written by Vālmīki and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2007 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "India has many versions of the story of Rāma composed in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and various vernaculars of the north and south. Yet the ancient Sanskrit version, attributed to the sage-poet Vālmīki, by tradition the first work of true poetry, is the source revered throughout India as the original account of the career of Rāma, ideal man and incarnation of the great God Viṣṇu. This great Sanskrit epic of ancient India has profoundly affected the Literature, Art, Religion and Cultures of countless millions of people in South and Southeast Asia--an influence that is perhaps unparalleled in the history of World Literature. The volumes of this work will present the entire Rāmāyaṇa for the first time translated on the basis of the critical edition, which is based on manuscripts representing all recensional traditions. Translation consortium is as follows: Vol. I, Bālakāṇḍa; Vol.II, Ayodhyākāṇḍa; Vol.III, Araṇyakāṇḍa; Vol.IV, Kiṣkịndhāḳạnda; Vol.V, Sundarakāṇḍa; Vol.VI, Yuddhakāṇ̣ḍa; Vol.VII, Uttarakāṇḍa" --

Book The R  m  ya   a of V  lm  ki  An Epic of Ancient India  Volume VII

Download or read book The R m ya a of V lm ki An Epic of Ancient India Volume VII written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concluding volume of a critical English edition of the monumental Indian epic The seventh and final book of the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the Uttarakāṇḍa, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rāma's millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rākṣasas and the violent career of Rāma’s villainous foe Rāvaṇa, and later recounts Rāma’s grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lankā as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sītā. But dark clouds gather as Rāma, confronted by scandal over Sītā’s time in captivity under the lustful Rāvaṇa, makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rāma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakāṇḍa has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sītā, as well as of Rāma’s killing of a low-caste ascetic. The translators’ introduction provides a full discussion of these issues and the complex reception history of the Uttarakāṇḍa. This translation of the critical edition also includes exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Book Religious Medicine

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  • Author : Kenneth G. Zysk
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-10-23
  • ISBN : 1351493620
  • Pages : 341 pages

Download or read book Religious Medicine written by Kenneth G. Zysk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Book Rites of the God King

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  • Author : Marko Geslani
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-08
  • ISBN : 0190862890
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Rites of the God King written by Marko Geslani and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of Vedic religion have long recognized the centrality of ritual categories to Indian thought. There have been few successful attempts, however, to bring the same systematic rigor of Vedic Scholarship to bear on later "Hindu" ritual. Excavating the deep history of a prominent ritual category in "classical" Hindu texts, Geslani traces the emergence of a class of rituals known as santi, or appeasement. This ritual, intended to counteract ominous omens, developed from the intersection of the fourth Veda - the oft-neglected Atharvaveda - and the emergent tradition of astral science (Jyotisastra) sometime in the early first millennium, CE. Its development would come to have far-reaching consequences on the ideal ritual life of the king in early-medieval Brahmanical society. The mantric transformations involved in the history of santi led to the emergence of a politicized ritual culture that could encompass both traditional Vedic and newer Hindu performers and practices. From astrological appeasement to gift-giving, coronation, and image worship, Rites of the God-King chronicles the multiple lives and afterlives of a single ritual mode, unveiling the always-inventive work of the priesthood to imagine and enrich royal power. Along the way, Geslani reveals the surprising role of astrologers in Hindu history, elaborates conceptions of sin and misfortune, and forges new connections between medieval texts and modern practices. In a work that details ritual forms that were dispersed widely across Asia, he concludes with a reflection on the nature of orthopraxy, ritual change, and the problem of presence in the Hindu tradition.

Book A Historical Syntax of Late Middle Indo Aryan  Apabhra  a

Download or read book A Historical Syntax of Late Middle Indo Aryan Apabhra a written by Vít Bubeník and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph aims to close the gap in our knowledge of the nature and pace of grammatical change during the formative period of today's Indo-Aryan languages. During the 6th-12th c. the gradual erosion of the synthetic morphology of Old Indo-Aryan resulted ultimately in the remodelling of its syntax in the direction of the New Indo-Aryan analytic type. This study concentrates on the emergence and development of the ergative construction in terms of the passive-to-ergative reanalysis and the co-existence of the ergative construction with the old and new analytic passive constructions. Special attention is paid to the actuation problem seen as the tug of war between conservative and eliminative forces during their development. Other chapters deal with the evolution of grammatical and lexical aspect, causativization, modality, absolute constructions and subordination. This study is based on a wealth of new data gleaned from original poetic works in Apabhram?sa (by Svayam?bhadeva, Pus?padanta, Haribhadra, Somaprabha et al.). It contains sections dealing with descriptive techniques of Medieval Indian grammarians (esp. Hemacandra). All the Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhram?sa examples are consistently parsed and translated. The opus is cast in the theoretical framework of Functional Grammar of the Prague and Amsterdam Schools. It should be of particular interest to scholars and students of Indo-Aryan and general historical linguistics, especially those interested in the issues of morphosyntactic change and typology in their sociohistorical setting.

Book Medicine in the Veda

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  • Author : Kenneth G. Zysk
  • Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9788120814011
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Medicine in the Veda written by Kenneth G. Zysk and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The R  m  ya   a of V  lm  ki  An Epic of Ancient India  Volume II

Download or read book The R m ya a of V lm ki An Epic of Ancient India Volume II written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic saga, the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki. Of the seven sections of this great Sanskrit masterpiece, the Ayodhyakāṇḍa is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and political values of traditional India. This readable translation is accompanied by commentary that elucidates the various problems of the text—philological, aesthetic, and cultural. The annotations make extensive use of the numerous commentaries on the Rāmāyaṇa composed in medieval India. The substantial introduction supplies a historical context for the poem and a critical reading that explores its literary and ideological components.

Book Selected Studies  Indo European linguistics

Download or read book Selected Studies Indo European linguistics written by Jan Gonda and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1975 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Converbs in Cross Linguistic Perspective

Download or read book Converbs in Cross Linguistic Perspective written by Martin Haspelmath and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically different types must be carefully analyzed before general theories are possible. Typological comparison of this kind is now at the centre of linguistic research. The series empirical approaches to language typology presents a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. The distinctive feature of the series is its markedly empirical orientation. All conclusions to be reached are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. General problems are focused on from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of phenomena from little known languages, which shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics. The series is open to contributions from different theoretical persuasions. It thus reflects the methodological pluralism that characterizes the present situation. Care is taken that all volumes be accessible to every linguist and, moreover, to every reader specializing in some domain related to human language. A deeper understanding of human language in general, based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages, is fundamental for many sciences, not only for linguists. Therefore, this series has proven to be indispensable in every research library, be it public or private, which has a specialization in language and the language sciences. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Book Studies in Sanskrit Syntax

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  • Author : Hans Henrich Hock
  • Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
  • Release : 1991-12-31
  • ISBN : 9788120808690
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Studies in Sanskrit Syntax written by Hans Henrich Hock and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991-12-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pravargya Br  hma   a of the Taittir  ya   ra   yaka

Download or read book The Pravargya Br hma a of the Taittir ya ra yaka written by and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotated and translated ancient commentary on preparatory ritual to the Soma sacrifice of the Rgveda.

Book An Epic and Puranic Bibliography  up to 1985  Annotated and with Indexes

Download or read book An Epic and Puranic Bibliography up to 1985 Annotated and with Indexes written by Heinrich von Stietencron and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language

Download or read book A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language written by Jan Gonda and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1966 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Archaic Syntax in Indo European

Download or read book Archaic Syntax in Indo European written by Brigitte Bauer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.