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Book SynopsisThe collection of interdisciplinary essays in this book examines the speculative, linguistic, literary and artistic theories on signless ways of expressing meanings in the context of traditional Indian language and culture.
Table of ContentsPreface – Giuliano Boccali; PART I: TECHNICAL AND SPECULATIVE REFLECTIONS ON SIGNLESS SIGNIFICATION: 1. Much Ado about Nothing: Unsystematic Notes on “śūnya” – Alberto Pelissero; 2. When One Thing Applies More than Once: “tantra” and “prasaṅga” in Śrautasūtra, Mīmāṃsā and Grammar – Elisa Freschi, Tiziana Pontillo; 3. The Earlier Pāṇinian Tradition on the Imperceptible Sign – Maria Piera Candotti, Tiziana Pontillo; 4. The Infinite Possibilities of Life: Interpretations of the “śūnyatā” in the Thinking of Daisaku Ikeda – Paolo Corda; PART II: REFLECTIONS ON SIGNLESS SIGNIFICATION IN LITERATURE AND ARTS: 5. Presences and Absences in Indian Visual Arts: Ideologies and Events – Cinzia Pieruccini; 6. Rethinking the Question of Images (Aniconism vs. Iconism) in the Indian History of Art – Mimma Congedo, Paola M. Rossi; 7. Denotation “in absentia” in Literary Language: The Case of Aristophanic Comedy – Patrizia Mureddu; 8. The Birth of the Buddha in the Early Buddhist Art Schools – Ruben Fais; 9. Untranslatable Denotations: Notes on Music Meaning Through Cultures – Prema Bhat, Paolo Bravi, Ignazio Macchiarella; Summary of Papers
