Guy St Amant
Biographic Data
| ID | 5791330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy St Amant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy St |
| FAMILY NAME | Amant |
| SIGNATURE | AMANT G S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University Department of Religion USA New York, NY |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8561-9691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Memory” Revisited
The Early Historical Semantics of Śruti
An examination of the early usage of the word śruti is needed to clarify how it came to refer to the Veda. This paper reveals that śruti did not assume this meaning as the result of a belief in the aural revelation of the Vedic hymns. The śrautasūtras use the word śruti to cite brāhmaṇa texts and to indicate “hearing” a unit of speech in a Vedic passage. The second of these meanings was probably the historically original one, and this paper argue…
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Memory” Revisited
The Early Historical Semantics of Śruti
An examination of the early usage of the word śruti is needed to clarify how it came to refer to the Veda. This paper reveals that śruti did not assume this meaning as the result of a belief in the aural revelation of the Vedic hymns. The śrautasūtras use the word śruti to cite brāhmaṇa texts and to indicate “hearing” a unit of speech in a Vedic passage. The second of these meanings was probably the historically original one, and this paper argue…
Epistemology (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Meaning (existential (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ancient Near East History (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work)