Notes on the Ahraurā version of Aśoka's first minor rock edict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9892991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K R Norman (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 277-292 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indo-Iranian Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7246 • E-ISSN: 1572-8536 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/000000083790081833 |
| OpenAlex | W2027348039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
I therefore conclude that the sentence amaca budhasa salīle ālohe at the end of the Ahraurā version of Aśoka's MRE I arises from the misreading by the scribe83 of a carelessly written exemplar,84 and from his subsequent conjecture of words to make sense of the apparent nonsense which he had received. Although this may perhaps seem unlikely to some readers, the examples of miswritten akaras and the attempts of scribes to make sense of them which I have discussed elsewhere85 make it quite clear that may suggestion is well within the range of possibility
Art · Combinatorics · Conjecture · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Minor (academic · Nonsense · Sentence · Ancient Near East History · Chemistry · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citation span | 1985 - 2000 (16) |
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