Similes & Metaphors

[hmdplawr at UXMAIL.UST.HK]

One article I am familiar with is Navjivan Rastogi, "Some More Nyayas as
Employed by Abhinavagupta," Annals BORI LXV (1984):  27-42.  Glancing at
the article again, I see that he refers to an article by Iyer (probably
K.A.S., but I don't see the reference) on nyayas in Kashmiri texts.  He
also refers to a book by Col. Jacob, A Handful or Popular Maxims or
Laukikanyayanjalih, 3 vols.  I have also never seen the latter, but it
may include some references to philosophy.  I imagine there are more
recent studies.

Best regards,
David Lawrence
Division of Humanities
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology



On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:39:54 +0100 s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.FREESERVE.CO.UK
(Stephen Hodge) wrote:

>Many Indian philosophical texts have a liking for similes and
>metaphors to illustrate the point in hand -- certainly Buddhist texts
>I read have a great number of these.  Some are well-known stock
>similes but others are more unusual.   I was wondering if anybody has
>researched or compiled a list of such similes ?
>
>Best wishes,
>Stephen Hodge