{"product_id":"pali-language-and-literature","title":"Pali Language and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: G V Davane\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: D K Printworld\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1994\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1750\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 812460004X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Pali is preserved the Buddhist canon. Which, considered as the most authentic form of Buddhavacana, constitutes the very matrix of its 2500-year-long Theravada tradition. A refined, widely-spoken language of the early Middle Indic (Indo-Aryan) stage: about bc 600-200, Pali has also left, for posterity, a splendid legacy of secular literature that captures contemporary socio-cultural milieus not only of India, but of Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and other neighbouring countries as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is, in two volumes, a fascinating, well-knit study of the Pali language, and also of its literature: both canonical and non-canonical. Beginning with a systematic description of the language, its historical evolution, phonology and major grammatical categories, VOLUME 1 takes an indepth, critical look at the canonical Pali texts — all the three Pitakas : the three baskets (collections): the Vinaya, Sutta and Abhidhamma, which, among other things, embody Sakyamuni’s own universal message, the writings of his immediate monastic followers\/disciples, the basic principles of shula (ethical behaviour), the disciplinary codes for the sangha and, above all, the Theravada philosophy in its truly pristine frame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME 2 surveys nearly the whole variety of Non-canonical Pali Literature covering creative writings, manuals, and as many as 25 chronicles: from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand — besides numerous commentaries of the old-world scholars, like Buddhadatta, Buddhaghosa, and Dhammapala. In focus here are also a range of treatises on law, grammar, lexicography, and poetics including rhetorics and metrics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA painstakingly documented work with a comprehensive index, involving years of Dr Hazra’s research effort, this book is invaluable to the scholars\/researchers of Buddhist Studies, specially of Theravada Buddhism, Pali language and Pali literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"G V Davane \/ D K Printworld \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153641828720,"sku":"17781","price":151.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/17781.jpg?v=1793911894","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/pali-language-and-literature","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}