Charting ‘Wilderness' (araṇya) in Brahmanical and Buddhist Texts

The essay demonstrates the longevity and pervasiveness of Indic and Indic-derived etymological analyses (nirvacana) across literary traditions, in Sanskrit, Pāli, and Chinese. To exemplify different indigenous approaches to etymology, the essay explores emic analyses of the word araṇya ‘wilderness&#...

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Published in:Indo-Iranian journal
Main Author: Visigalli, Paolo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hindi religious literature / Buddhist literature / Wilderness areas
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
BL Buddhism
Further subjects:B Chāndogya Upaniṣad
B alianruo 阿練若
B araṇya
B Paramārtha (Zhendi 真諦)
B Wilderness
B vyākaraṇa
B emic linguistic analysis
B nirvacana / nirukta
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