Translating Buddhism historical and contextual perspectives / edited by Alice Collett.

Other author Collett, Alice.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York, [2021]
Descriptionx, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction -- Texts: Translation in Search of a Text: The Craving for Stability / COLLETT COX -- Translating the Buddha's Body / NATALIE GUMMER -- On Reading Vinaya: Feminist History, Hermeneutics, and Translating the Female Body / AMY PARIS LANGENBERG -- Translators: Translating the Therav♯¿da Commentaries: Why, How, for Whom? / OSKAR VON HIN©¿BER -- The Impact of Nineteenth Century Missionary Translations of Theravada Buddhist Texts / ELIZABETH HARRIS --Words or Terms? Buddhist 'translationese' and the Nature of the Buddhist Sanskrit Lexicon / LIGEIA LUGLI -- Words: Translation and Historical Context: Interpretations of Antev♯¿sin♯± / ALICE COLLETT -- Translating T♯±rthikas: Enduring 'heresies' in Buddhist Translation / C.V. JONES -- Translating pa£̀Ưicca-samupp♯¿da / DHIVAN THOMAS JONES -- Why Literal Meaning Is Insufficient? / A Study of Desan♯¿s♯±sa Explanations in the P♯¿li Commentaries / ARUNA GAMAGE.
Abstract "Explores key questions about translations and translators of South Asian Buddhist texts, past and present"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2020048633
ISBN9781438482934 (hardcover)
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