Oral Texts in Indian Mahāyāna
This paper reconsiders the idea that Indian Mahāyāna was specially involved with or indebted to the use of writing. Focusing on an analysis of the words ud√grah, √dhṛ, and pari ava√āp, it argues that like the texts of other pre-modern Indian religious traditions, Mahāyāna sūtras were primarily used...
| Published in: | Indo-Iranian journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Indo-Iranian journal
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| Further subjects: | B
Mahāyāna
early Mahāyāna
Mahāyāna sūtras
orality
writing
cult of the book
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This paper reconsiders the idea that Indian Mahāyāna was specially involved with or indebted to the use of writing. Focusing on an analysis of the words ud√grah, √dhṛ, and pari ava√āp, it argues that like the texts of other pre-modern Indian religious traditions, Mahāyāna sūtras were primarily used orally and mnemically, though like epics, purāṇas, and non-Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtras, they were also written and venerated in written form. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8536 |
| Contains: | In: Indo-Iranian journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15728536-05800051 |