On Burglars and Makers of Links: Tradition and the Reuse of Indic Texts Tradition and the Reuse of Indic Texts

The article argues that, whereas a great deal of exciting scholarly work has been done on the ways in which South Asian narratives are told, retold and ‘recycled’ across different religious, social and regional contexts, to date little has been written on the way in which philosophical and other com...

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Main Author: Suthren Hirst, Jacqueline 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2012
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-160
Further subjects:B Commentary
B Originality
B Plagiarism
B Urtexts
B Narrative
B Sanskrit language
B Pali
B interauthor
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Summary:The article argues that, whereas a great deal of exciting scholarly work has been done on the ways in which South Asian narratives are told, retold and ‘recycled’ across different religious, social and regional contexts, to date little has been written on the way in which philosophical and other commentaries make use of earlier material. Indicating how the contributions in this special issue start to redress the balance, it notes the importance of looking at the ways in which such texts are constructed, not least in the light of contemporary issues about what constitutes originality or plagiarism.
ISSN:1751-2697
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v6i2.149