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________________ CONTENTS The Light of the East (Pracī-Prabhā) Chapter 1 : Introduction Self-expression: Nature of Living Beings- Language: the means of Self-expression- Language & philosophy of language, Development of philosophy of language in Western thought, Development of philosophy of language in Indian thought, Problems of Jaina philosophy of language, Analysis of language in Jaina tradition: An old reference, Vibhajyavāda: the early concept of contemporary philosophy of language. Chapter 2: Language and Script Jaina accounts of origin of language, Other doctrines of origin of language and Jainism, Thoughts and language, Types of Language, Types of Akṣaratmaka-bhāṣā (Language consisting of syllables), Anakṣarātmaka Bhāṣā (Language consisting of no syllables), Basic requisites of language, Definition of Letter (Varṇa), Types of letter, vowel & consonant, Mātṛkākṣara (Matrix of the letters). Chapter 3: viii-xviii Jaina Philosophy of Word Language and word, Definition of word, The process of comprehension of meaning (Artha-bodha) in linguistic knowledge, Is the word changed into language, material? The theory of molecular structure of the Word, Transient existence of word, How does the word get meaning? Ascertaining denotation of a word (Naming) and their ten types, Problem of determination of meaning of polysemantic words, Denotation of word (vacyārtha)universal or particular? The word and its relation with Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only (xix) 1-13 14-33 34-74 www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001601
Book TitleJaina Philosophy of Language
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorSagarmal Jain
PublisherParshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year2006
Total Pages168
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Philosophy, & Language
File Size10 MB
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