From around the early centuries of the Common Era, Jain monastic intellectuals formulated a view of language (Pkt. bhāsā; Skt. bhāṣā) that posited that this quintessentially natural function of living beings was a materia…
Jainism and Language Usage (11,926 words)
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Dundas, Paul, “Jainism and Language Usage”, in: Brill's Encyclopedia of Jainism Online, Denison University University of Edinburgh University of Bergen University of California, Berkeley John E. Cort, Paul Dundas, Knut A. Jacobsen, Kristi L. Wiley. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2590-2768_BEJO_COM_044813>
First published online: 2020
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