A Cognitive Approach to Tantric Language

By applying the contemporary theories of schema, metonymy, metaphor, and conceptual blending, I argue in this paper that salient cognitive categories facilitate a deeper analysis of Tantric language. Tantras use a wide range of symbolic language expressed in terms of mantric speech and visual ma??al...

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Main Author: Timalsina, Sthaneshwar 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-19
Further subjects:B ma??ala
B Tantra
B Conceptual Blending
B Mantra
B Schema
B Image
B Metaphor
B metonymy
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