Literatur ohne Schrift? : der Sonderfall Indien und die Rolle des Buddhismus /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Hartmann, Jens-Uwe, author.
Imprint:[Vienna, Austria] : Vienna University Press ; Göttingen : V&R unipress, [2016]
©2016
Description:51 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cm.
Language:German
Series:Fakultätsvorträge der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien ; 12
V&R Academic
Fakultätsvorträge der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien ; 12.
V&R academic.
Subject:Oral tradition in literature.
Sanskrit literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
Oral tradition -- South Asia -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Indic -- South Asia.
Transmission of texts -- South Asia.
Buddhism -- South Asia -- History.
Buddhism.
Buddhist literature, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts, Indic.
Oral tradition in literature.
Sanskrit literature.
Transmission of texts.
South Asia.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Manuscripts.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10507301
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9783847105350
3847105353
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"In India, the literary tradition goes back to the second millennium BCE. Indigenous scripts, however, appear only in the third century BCE. Is it possible to preserve extensive and very complex texts through an exclusively oral transmission during such a long time? This question continues to prove highly controversial. However, the rather special relation between oral transmission and writing is a distinctive feature of ancient Indian civilization. Apparently the Buddhists can be counted among the first who undertook steps towards a change of media. This is suggested by Indian manuscripts that were unearthed about twenty years ago in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are by far the oldest ever found, and they preserve Buddhist texts."--Publisher's summary.

Regenstein, Bookstacks

Loading map link
Holdings details from Regenstein, Bookstacks
Call Number: BQ1113.H37 2016
c.1 Available Loan period: standard loan  Scan and Deliver Request for Pickup Need help? - Ask a Librarian