Hindu dharma senses in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa
This paper aims to present a brief inventory of the primary meanings that Hindu dharma assumes in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa epic. A survey of the meanings of the word dharma in the text (saṃhitā) of the epic is followed by an explanation and elucidation not only of the word itself but of the terms composed...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositório: | Rever (São Paulo. Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/58741 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/58741 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Hindu traditions Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa Hindu dharma Mystical devotion (bhakti) Tradições hindus Rāmāyaṇa de Vālmīki Dharma hindu Devoção mística (bhakti) |
| Resumo: | This paper aims to present a brief inventory of the primary meanings that Hindu dharma assumes in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa epic. A survey of the meanings of the word dharma in the text (saṃhitā) of the epic is followed by an explanation and elucidation not only of the word itself but of the terms composed by it according to the contexts in which they appear, with passages that illustrate each of these same meanings. A significant semantic elasticity is clearly perceived in the uses that Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa makes of Hindu dharma, ranging from Vedic existential aspirations to different modalities of everyday praxis of Hindu orthodoxy, as well as processes of personification and abstract references to cosmological principles. |
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