Words for the Heart (eBook)

A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India

Maria Heim (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
376 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22292-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experienceWords for the Heart is a captivating treasury of emotion terms drawn from some of India's earliest classical languages. Inspired by the traditional Indian genre of a ';treasury'a wordbook or anthology of short texts or poemsthis collection features 177 jewellike entries evoking the kinds of phenomena English speakers have variously referred to as emotions, passions, sentiments, moods, affects, and dispositions. These entries serve as beautiful literary and philosophical vignettes that convey the delightful texture of Indian thought and the sheer multiplicity of conversations about emotions in Indian texts. An indispensable collection, Words for the Heart reveals how Indian ways of interpreting human experience can challenge our assumptions about emotions and enrich our lives.Brings to light a rich lexicon of emotion from ancient IndiaUses the Indian genre of a ';treasury,' or wordbook, to explore the contours of classical Indian thought in three of the subcontinent's earliest languagesSanskrit, Pali, and PrakritFeatures 177 alphabetical entries, from abhaya (';fearlessness') to yoga (';the discipline of calm')Draws on a wealth of literary, religious, and philosophical writings from classical IndiaIncludes synonyms, antonyms, related words, and suggestions for further readingInvites readers to engage in the cross-cultural study of emotionsReveals the many different ways of naming and interpreting human experience

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.8.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Abhilasha • Accreditation • Addition • Admiration • affection • Ahamkara • Alfred Sisley • Analogy • Anecdote • Arhat • awareness • bangle • Bauble • beret • Berthe Morisot • Bhakti • Bharata (Ramayana) • Bharavi • Bhavabhuti • Bhikkhu • Bhima • Blason • Buddhism • civics • Cognate • Cognition • Confabulation • Consciousness • Consideration • Consonant • Contrasting and categorization of emotions • Couplet • courtship • culmination • declaration of love • Decorum • deference • Deliberation • Description • Dhritarashtra • diacritic • Dialectic • Disposition • Dukkha • edict • Ekalavya • embellishment • emoticon • Emotion • Emotionality • Empathy • entitlement • Epic Poetry • Epistemic Community • evocation • Explanation • Feeling • Frisson • Generosity • Goad • God • god's grace • Handbook • Heart (symbol) • Hinglish • Human nature • Ideology • ingredient • interdependence • Kaikeyi • Kalhana • Kamala • Kaurava • Krodha (Mental factor) • Kshama • Kshanti • Kunti • Lajja • language and thought • laughter • Literary language • Literary Theory • Literature • Love-In • Madhyamaka • Metta • moksha • Motivated Reasoning • Mudita • Myers–Briggs Type Indicator • narrative • neologism • of education • Omen • parable • Pasenadi • Passaddhi • Patriotism • Personal god • Personal Identity • Personal narrative • Persuasion • Physiology • piety • Plot Device • Poetics • Poetry • Politician • Prakrit • prak?ti • Progenitor • pronoun • Propaganda • Pururavas • Rati • Ravana • reason • Reincarnation • Religion • Religiosity • religious text • Renunciation • Reprint • Requirement • Respondent • Retinue • rhetoric • Robert Stalnaker • Sake • Samkhya • Samudragupta • Sanskara (rite of passage) • Sanskrit • Sa?sara • Sattva • self-affirmation • self-concept • Self-Image • sensibility • Shame • Shanta • Shurpanakha • Singh • Sojourner Truth • Solipsism • Sthiramati • stipulation • Sugriva • Sukha • Tamas (philosophy) • Temperament • The Bellelli Family • The Giver • Theology • Thought • treatise • Udana • Upekkha • Usage • utterance • Vasanta (Ritu) • Vayu • Vidura • Vihara • Vocation • VoW • Worship • Writing • Xin (concept) • Yasodhara • Yudhishthira
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22292-4 / 0691222924
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22292-9 / 9780691222929