Site mapAbout usConsultative CommitteeAsk LibrarianContributionCopyrightCitation GuidelineDonationHome        

CatalogAuthor AuthorityGoogle
Search engineFulltextScripturesLanguage LessonsLinks
 


Extra service
Tools
Export
Studies in dhāraṇī literature II: Pragmatics of dhāraṇīs
Author Davidson, Ronald M. (著)
Source Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies=倫敦大學亞非研究學報
Volumev.77 n.1
Date2014
Pages5 - 61
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publisher Url https://www.cambridge.org/
LocationNew York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
AbstractThis article is one of a series that reassesses the dhāraṇī texts of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The article seeks to examine dhāraṇī texts by using the linguistic tools of pragmatics, especially historical pragmatics, to assist the understanding of their statements. Rather than the meaning of the term dhāraṇī as a subject term, the domain of truth-conditional semantics, this paper examines statements in texts labelled dhāraṇī. Pragmatics examines meaning in context, and the categories of speech acts developed by Searle has been especially helpful in mapping out differences within such texts and the formalization of statements across texts. The grammaticalization of specific speech elements, especially interjections, in the context of mantra-dhāraṇīs is also discussed.
Table of contentsSemantics or historical pragmatics 7
Dharani pragmatic divisions 11
A. Precipitating assertives 13
B. Dharani directives 17
C. Dharani commissives 21
D. Dharani precedent and predictive assertives 23
E. Benefit assertives 28
F. Warning assertive hybrids 31
G. Expressives in praise of the Buddha or Bodhisattvas 33
H. Narrative perlocutionary expressive or assertive statements 34
I. Mantra-dharanls as directives with complex coding 36
Conclusion: Encoded suppositions and expectations 52
Bibliography 54
ISSN0041977X (P); 14740699 (E)
Hits161
Created date2021.12.15



Best viewed with Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) but not supported IE

Notice

You are leaving our website for The full text resources provided by the above database or electronic journals may not be displayed due to the domain restrictions or fee-charging download problems.

Record correction

Please delete and correct directly in the form below, and click "Apply" at the bottom.
(When receiving your information, we will check and correct the mistake as soon as possible.)

Serial No.
630811

Search History (Only show 10 bibliography limited)
Search Criteria Field Codes
Search CriteriaBrowse