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[Walter Slaje]

Walter Slaje, "Néti néti". On the meaning of an Upaniṣadic citation of some renown in Hindu texts and Western minds. (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Klasse. Jahrgang 2010, Nr. 4). Mainz 2010. 52 S. EUR 10,--

ISBN 978-3-515-09799-4



Contents



Overview

1 Translational history of néti néti

1.1 Background

1.2 Exaltation

1.3 Śaṅkara

1.4 Modern Philology

1.4.1 néti néti: a pair of duplicate negative expressions

1.4.1.1 Construing in line with Śaṅkara

1.4.1.2 Construing independently

1.4.1.3 Amalgamations

1.4.2 néti néti as a syntagm with a positive meaning

1.4.2.1 Alfred Hillebrandt

1.4.2.2 Karl Friedrich Geldner

2 The néti néti passages in the BĀU

2.1 An artificial néti néti construction

2.2 Syntax and government of the syntagm ná íti ná íti: a positive expression

2.3 A contemporary exposition in the Madhukāṇḍa

2.3.1 ādeśá

2.3.1.1 One-word ādeśás

2.3.1.2 Sentence ādeśás

2.3.1.2.1 Predicative nouns

2.3.1.2.2 Verbal predicates

2.3.1.3 Methodical ādeśás

2.3.1.4 Determination of néti néti as sentence ādeśá

2.3.2 Parsing

2.3.2.1 Construing the antecedents

2.3.3 Naming and essence

2.4 néti néti in the Yājñavalkyakāṇḍa

2.4.1 néti néti as a positive conceptual substitute for ‛ātmán’

2.4.2 néti néti compared to ‛tat tvam asi’

2.4.3 néti néti in context

2.4.3.1 The syntax of sá eṣá

2.4.3.2 The phrasing sá eṣá ná íti ná íti ātm in context

2.4.3.2.1 Translation proposal

2.4.3.3 The concluding part

2.4.3.4 One néti néti paragraph translated in context

2.4.4 In quest of parallels

3 Summary

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Prof. Dr. Walter Slaje
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humani generis continetur, clarius effulgeat.
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