عنوان

Meditating on the kings feet? Some remarks on the expression pādānudhyāta

شماره

LA112241

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Meditating on the kings feet? Some remarks on the expression pādānudhyāta

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Judit Törzsök, Cédric Ferrier, Judit Törzsök, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The Sanskrit expression -pādānudhyāta, often met with in inscriptions, is commonly translated as 'meditating on the feet of.' Adducing copious evidence from inscriptions as well as from classical Sanskrit literature, this article argues that the traditional translation is wrong, at least in the case of inscriptions dated before the tenth century AD. From the available sources it appears that meditation on the feet-whether on a god's or on a king's-came to be common practice only from around the tenth century in India. Moreover, several parallels show that the original understanding of the phrase was 'favoured / blessed by the respected,' pāda being an honorific term here. In addition to this argument, the study also attempts to define the nature of the hierarchical relationship that the above expression probably implied and to show that the wrong understanding of the term was probably due to misconceptions about the divine nature of kingship in ancient India. The Sanskrit expression -pādānudhyāta, often met with in inscriptions, is commonly translated as 'meditating on the feet of.' Adducing copious evidence from inscriptions as well as from classical Sanskrit literature, this article argues that the traditional translation is wrong, at least in the case of inscriptions dated before the tenth century AD. From the available sources it appears that meditation on the feet-whether on a god's or on a king's-came to be common practice only from around the tenth century in India. Moreover, several parallels show that the original understanding of the phrase was 'favoured / blessed by the respected,' pāda being an honorific term here. In addition to this argument, the study also attempts to define the nature of the hierarchical relationship that the above expression probably implied and to show that the wrong understanding of the term was probably due to misconceptions about the divine nature of kingship in ancient India.

تاريخ نشر

2008

توصيف ظاهري

93-113

عنوان

Indo-Iranian Journal

شماره جلد

51/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-8536

اصطلاح موضوعی

Asian Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Iran & Persian Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Languages and Linguistics

اصطلاح موضوعی

Languages of Continental South-East Asia

اصطلاح موضوعی

Middle East and Islamic Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

South Asia

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Cédric Ferrier

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Judit Törzsök

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/000000008789916372

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y