Artha: Meaning

by Jonardon Ganeri

Book Overview

This book examines the theories of meaning or artha . It discusses approaches in different schools of thought-Grammarian, Mimamsika, Buddhist, early Naiyayika, Navya Naiyayika, and Vedantin-highlighting the significant relationship between 'word' and 'meaning/knowing/ knowledge'. The author probes and explores the tension between tenets of the Navya-Nyaya school and elucidates on the important changes brought about by the introduction of modes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198074131
• ISBN13: 9780198074137
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"