Handbook buddhist languages (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 104 Illus.

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 104 Index 1st Published.

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 104.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. ISBN: 9789380852041.

Contents Introduction 1 Profile of Buddhist languages 2 Pali language 3 Prakrit language 4 Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit Bibliography Index The original Buddhist teachings have been compiled in a language called Pali a kind of "Prakrit" or the peoples language which in turn was the lingua of a large part of the Indian sub-continent and thrived in juxtaposition with the Sacred Vedic Language or perhaps even prior to the compositions of the Vedic texts Needless to state that the peoples languages collectively called "Prakrit" eventually evolved into most of the modern day vernacular languages of our nation Further it would be preposterous to think that there existed no language across the subcontinent when the Vedic language was in use jacket 104 pp.…