This book is intended for modern students, inside or outside the classroom, as a work of reference rather than a "teach yourself" textbook. It presents an introductory sketch of Pali using both European and South Asian grammatical categories. In English-language works, Pali is usually presented in the traditional terms of English grammar, derived from the classical tradition, with which many modern students are unfamiliar. This work discusses and reflects upon those categories, and has an appendix devoted to them. It also introduces the main categories of traditional Sanskrit and Pali...
This book is intended for modern students, inside or outside the classroom, as a work of reference rather than a "teach yourself" textbook. It pres...
The idea of nirvana (Pali nibb na) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense of an ending' in both the systematic and the narrative thought of the Pali imaginaire. Translations from a number of texts, including some dealing with...
The idea of nirvana (Pali nibb na) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, St...
Drawing on primary and secondary sources, this book traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulation and promotional policies and identifies the major actors and strategies that launched biotechnology in both the United States and Japan.
Drawing on primary and secondary sources, this book traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulati...
