Pāli, the Language : the Medium and Message : Buddhavācānussati : (remembering Buddha's voice) / by Byan G. Levman.
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TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 292 pages .)Content type: - 9781527547001
- 1527547000
- Gautama Buddha -- Language
- Gautama Buddha
- Theravāda Buddhism
- Pali language
- Pali language -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
- Electronic books
- Bouddhisme Theravāda
- Pali (Langue)
- Pali (Langue) -- Aspect religieux -- Bouddhisme
- Livres numériques
- Theravada
- e-books
- Electronic books
- Pali language -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
- Language and languages
- Pali language
- Theravāda Buddhism
- 294.3/91 23
- BQ7190 .L48 2020
- online - EBSCO
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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.