32.1455, Books: The Footprints of the Buddha: Vovin

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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:18:40
From: Clovis Jaillet [Jaillet at Brill.com]
Subject: The Footprints of the Buddha: Vovin

 


Title: The Footprints of the Buddha 
Subtitle: The Text and the Language 
Series Title: Languages of Asia  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Brill
	   http://www.brill.com
	

Book URL: https://brill.com/view/title/59723?contents=toc-43627 


Author: Alexander Vovin

Electronic: ISBN:  9789004449848 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99
Hardback: ISBN:  9789004449770 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99


Abstract:

This book presents the transcription, translation, and analysis of Chinese
(753 AD) and Japanese inscriptions (end of the 8th century AD) found on two
stones now in the possession of the Yakushiji temple in Nara. All these
inscriptions praise the footprints of Buddha, and more exactly their carvings
in the stone. The language of the Japanese inscription, which consists of
twenty-one poems, reflects the contemporary dialect of Nara. Its writing
system shows a quite unique trait, being practically monophonic. The book is
richly illustrated by photos of the temple and of the inscriptions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Translation

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                     Japanese (jpn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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