Pāli, the Language : the Medium and Message : Buddhavācānussati : (remembering Buddha's voice) /

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Author / Creator:	Levman, Bryan G.
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 292 pages .)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gautama Buddha -- Language. Gautama Buddha. Theravāda Buddhism. Pali language. Pali language -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. Electronic books. Electronic books. Pali language -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. Language and languages. Pali language. Theravāda Buddhism.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13563522

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ISBN:	9781527547001 1527547000 1527541959 9781527541955
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	What language did the Buddha speak? Scholars think it was Pāli, or something very close to it. This book argues that the medium in which the Buddha spoke is just as important as the message. It answers the question, ""how does the sonic content of Pāli carry the Buddha's message, complement and enhance it?""Pāli is based on an oral, vernacular language of the people, full of natural idioms and colloquial expressions. It is the opposite of Sanskrit, the formal, abstract, liturgical language of Brahmanism. In its conversational directness, harmony and musicality, oral immediacy and visceral emot.
Other form:	Print version: Levman, Bryan G. Pāli, the Language. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020 9781527547001

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