A Śaiva Theory of Meaning

Autor: Usha Colas-Chauhan
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Journal of Indian Philosophy. 36:427-453
ISSN: 1573-0395
0022-1791
DOI: 10.1007/s10781-008-9046-8
Popis: The Pauskara briefly discusses the meaning-expressing nature of sabda (constituted of phonemes, varna) and the means to the cognition of word and sentence meaning. According to this dualistic Saiva Tantra, meaning is denoted by nada, a capacity of varnas. Varnas also are the means to the cognition of meaning through a capacity (samskara) manifested in them. Although the meaning-denoting capacity is natural to varnas, the relation of words (which are nothing but groups of varnas) with objects is fixed by convention. This article translates and analyzes the relevant passages from the sixth and eighth chapters. Certain arguments of plagiarism levelled against the eighth chapter of the Pauskara are examined in the concluding part of the article.
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