The Yogacara school of Buddhist thought claims that all language-use is metaphorical. Exploring the profound implications of this assertion, Roy Tzhoar makes the case for viewing the Yogacara account as a full-fledged theory of meaning, one that is not merely linguistic, but also applicable both in the world and in texts.
The Yogacara school of Buddhist thought claims that all language-use is metaphorical. Exploring the profound implications of this assertion, Roy Tzhoar makes the case for viewing the Yogacara account as a full-fledged theory of meaning, one that is not merely linguistic, but also applicable both in the world and in texts.
Roy Tzohar is a Senior Lecturer in the East and South Asian studies Department at Tel Aviv University.
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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. What do Buddhists have to say on figurative language? 2. A bit of methodology: on determining the relevant textual field and handling intertextual-borrowing. 3. An Outline PART 1 Chapter I Metaphor as Absence: The case of the Early Nyaya and Mimamsa. Chapter II Metaphor as Perceptual Illusion: Figurative Meaning in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya PART 2 Chapter III It's a Bear... No, It's a Man... No, it's a Metaphor! Asanga on the Proliferation of Figures Chapter IV The Seeds of the Pan-Figurative View: Metaphor in Other Buddhist Sources PART 3 Chapter V What It All Comes Down To: Sthiramati's Pan-Metaphorical Claim and Its Implications Chapter VI Conversing With a Buddha: The Yogacara Conception of Linguistic and Perceptual Meaning as a Means for Overcoming Incommensurability Conclusion: The Alterity of Metaphor Appendix A: Translation and exposition of Vakyapadiya 2.250-256 Appendix B: A Running translation of the Vakyapadiya 2.285-2.297 References Index
Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. What do Buddhists have to say on figurative language? 2. A bit of methodology: on determining the relevant textual field and handling intertextual-borrowing. 3. An Outline PART 1 Chapter I Metaphor as Absence: The case of the Early Nyaya and Mimamsa. Chapter II Metaphor as Perceptual Illusion: Figurative Meaning in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya PART 2 Chapter III It's a Bear... No, It's a Man... No, it's a Metaphor! Asanga on the Proliferation of Figures Chapter IV The Seeds of the Pan-Figurative View: Metaphor in Other Buddhist Sources PART 3 Chapter V What It All Comes Down To: Sthiramati's Pan-Metaphorical Claim and Its Implications Chapter VI Conversing With a Buddha: The Yogacara Conception of Linguistic and Perceptual Meaning as a Means for Overcoming Incommensurability Conclusion: The Alterity of Metaphor Appendix A: Translation and exposition of Vakyapadiya 2.250-256 Appendix B: A Running translation of the Vakyapadiya 2.285-2.297 References Index
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