A Śabda Reader brings together newly translated passages by authors from a variety of traditions—Brahmin, Buddhist, Jaina—representing a number of schools of thought.

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We should be grateful to Pollock for many years of honest, hard, scholarly work resulting in this excellent, magisterial reader. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The materials were authenticated by the participating tribes and field tested with over 1200 Indian and non-Indian children in 93 classrooms throughout the Northwest. An important and unique feature of the book is the full attention given to Indian actions and perspectives.

We started off as an open group, but then seemed to attract all sorts of rude, abusive disruptive elements.A Śabda Reader is going to become essential reading for anyone interested in Indian theories of language. Moderators are here just to do some dirty jobs, so feel free to suggest any ideas you might have to improve this group. v=1700885651","width":493},{"alt":null,"id":8454212321412,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0. v=1703849683","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":8675671965828,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0. It illuminates issues such as how Brahmanical thinkers understood the Veda and conceived of Sanskrit; how Buddhist thinkers came to assign importance to language’s link to phenomenal reality; how Jains saw language as strictly material; the possibility of self-contradictory sentences; and how words affect thought.