TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levman,Bryan G.
TI  - Pāli, the Language: the Medium and Message : Buddhavācānussati : (remembering Buddha's voice) 
SN  - 9781527547001
AV  - BQ7190 .L48 2020
U1  - 294.3/91 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publisher
KW  - Gautama Buddha
KW  - Theravāda Buddhism
KW  - Pali language
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Bouddhisme Theravāda
KW  - Pali (Langue)
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Bouddhisme
KW  - Livres numériques
KW  - Theravada
KW  - aat
KW  - e-books
KW  - fast
KW  - Language and languages
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
N2  - 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
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