Jaina Philosophy of Language

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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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:
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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
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