A Cognitive Approach to Tantric Language – 2
[contextly_sidebar id=”KGV1hCwrdtKgda2qCH9b23s09edZXpC6″] In part 1, the author argues that reading Tantric literature by applying cognitive theories has a meaningful role to play. If there is anything More...
A Cognitive Approach to Tantric Language – 1
Abstract 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 More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – IV
[contextly_sidebar id=”H1x0rp19rLprsjuRRM1xCAFFYdUAGCaO”] The Divine Body of Metaphors It is reasonable to conclude that SL constitutes three bodies of the goddess: the first section identified as Ānandalaharī More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – III
[contextly_sidebar id=”kwSt9Pu0PMI18jdO309HsleD3iLdG6z4″] Verse 51: śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā | saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī || harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajayinī47 More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – II
[contextly_sidebar id=”wkUsDiEsW7zkITf4D7gdG0xz3IjbueDA”] Encountering the Divine Body of Bliss The significance and centrality of the divine body in SL is vivid, particularly in the second part, where More...
Text as the Metaphoric Body: Incorporation of Tripurā in Saundaryalaharī – I
Abstract Saundaryalaharī is a classical Sanskrit text in one hundred stanzas dedicated to the goddess Tripurasundarī. The central argument of this paper is that this devotional hymn – a textual body comprised More...
Semantics of Nothingness: Bhartrhari’s Philosophy of Negation – II
[contextly_sidebar id=”7ytl9qhAGsoHfl9n92mCIg2tyVdlQY6t”] Compounds with Negative Particles and the Metaphysics of Negation An oft-cited verse identifies six different meanings of the negative particle: The More...
Semantics of Nothingness: Bhartrhari’s Philosophy of Negation – I
Introduction1 Bhartrhari (fl. 450 CE) is one of the foremost philosophers of classical India. While there are many narratives relating the story of his life, that he was a king-turned-hermit, the author of three More...