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Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien, Band 41 (2024)

Herausgeber: Harder, Hans | Hüsken, Ute | Brandt, Carmen | Chandra, Vinita | Dieckmann, Sophie | Gamage, Aruna | Maithrimurthi, Mudagamuwe | Mangraviti, Fabio | Noor, Farha

Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien, Bd. 41

2025

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Inhalt: - Carmen Brandt: Die assamesische oder bengalische Schrift? Schriftstandardisierungen und Identitätspolitik im Osten Südasiens - Vinita Chandra: Women’s Religious Agency as ‘Strategizing’: A Case Study of Pāṇini Kanyā Mahāvidyālaya - Sophie Dieckmann: Von idyllischen Landschaften, buntem Treiben und adamitischen Badenden – das südasiatische Reisetagebuch Paul von Rautenfelds - Aruna Gamage: Pars Pro Toto in the Pāli Commentaries: Desanāmatta (‘a mere reference’) and Its Application - Mudagamuwe Maithrimurthi: Book Essay: Patrick Olivelle, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King - Fabio Mangraviti: Aesthetics and Socio-Cultural Functions of Two Hindi Satirical Fake News Columns: Sattū jī kī asatya kathāeṃ and Pappū aur Gappū kī baiṭhˡkī - Farha Noor: The 1939 Calcutta Diary of Judhha Shamsher of Nepal: Ego Document, Diplomacy and Emotions

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Schmutztitel 1
Reiheninformation 2
Titel 3
Redaktion/ Impressum 4
Inhalt 5
Die assamesische oder bengalische Schrift? Schriftstandardisierungen und Identitätspolitik im Osten Südasiens 7
Abstract 7
1. Einleitung 7
2. Schrift und Identität im gegenwärtigen Südasien 9
3. Der Name „bengalische Schrift“ 15
4. Das Schriftkontinuum im Osten Südasiens 19
5. Die bengalische Dominanz im Osten Südasiens 22
6. Die Strategien für die Anerkennung der assamesischen Schrift 26
6.1 Die Authentizität der assamesischen Schrift 28
6.2 Die Unterschiede zur „bengalischen Schrift“ 29
6.3 Unterschiedliche Aussprache der assamesischen und bengalischen Schrift 32
Fazit 33
Literaturverzeichnis 35
Women’s Religious Agency as ‘Strategizing’: A Case Study of Pāṇini Kanyā Mahāvidyālaya 39
Abstract 39
Female Priesthood in Contemporary India: Negotiating Religious Authority 42
Negotiating Within Tradition: Pāṇini Kanyās' Struggle for Space and Empowerment in the Sphere of Religion 44
I. Historical Context of the School 45
II. Education at the School 49
Traditional and Informal vs Modern and Formal Education 49
Education for What? 51
How Much Is the Influence of the Ārya Samāj on the Pāṇini Kanyā Mahāvidyālaya? 55
III. Claiming the Religious Scape 59
The Question of vedādhikāra 59
Upanayana for Women 61
Paurohitya karma 63
IV. Conclusion: Strategic Choices 64
References 66
Web Resource 67
Von idyllischen Landschaften, buntem Treiben und adamitischen Badenden – das südasiatische Reisetagebuch Paul von Rautenfelds 68
Abstract 68
Einleitung 68
Paul Berens von Rautenfeld 70
Das Reisetagebuch 72
Relevanz 73
Die Reise nach Indien und Ceylon 1909 74
Paul von Rautenfelds Reiseverlauf 1908–1909 76
Allgemeine Reisebeschreibungen 77
Die Schiffsreisen 77
Koloniale Strukturen 79
Ethnografische Beschreibungen 80
Körperlichkeit und der ‚heimliche Blick‘ 81
Wissenschaftlicher Austausch 85
Abschließende Bemerkungen 87
Literaturverzeichnis 88
Archivalien & Primärliteratur 88
Sekundärliteratur 88
Pars Pro Toto in the Pāli Commentaries: Desanāmatta (‘a mere reference’) and its Application 91
Abstract 91
Microcosm Synecdoche 91
(1) Mango = Any Fruit 93
(2) Barley = All Grains 95
(3) Hundred-Rayed = High Number of Rays 96
(4) Sword and Turban = Five Emblems of Royalty 96
(5) Kamboja = Any Remote Country 97
(6) Confluence = A Place Where Any Two Water-Sources Meet 98
(7) A Cloud = Five Obstacles Including a Cloud 99
(8) Stick = Any Striking Method 101
(9) Lie-down = Living 102
(10) Food = Four Requisites 103
(11) Buddha = Five Hundred Monks Headed by the Buddha 104
(12) River of the Hell = Thirty-One Hells 107
(13) One Factor of Ascetism = Thirteen Factors of Ascetism 108
(14) Non-Divisive Speech = Fourfold Right Speech 110
(15) Abstinence from Hurting = Five Rules of Training Including the Abstinence from Killing 111
(16) Perception = Perception, Mind and View 112
(17) Happiness and Misery = All Worldly Conditions 115
(18) One Lower World = Four Lower Worlds 117
(19) Not Hurting = Loving-Kindness, etc. 118
(20) Loving-kindness = Four Sublime Meditative States of Being 120
(21) Body = Body, Speech and Mind 121
(22) Robe = Four Requisites 123
(23) Hereafter = This Life and Afterlife 125
(24) Two or Three = Two to Six 126
(25) Human Existence = Human or Divine Existence 127
(26) Last Night = The Time of Death 129
(27) Goitre = Any Boil Anywhere on the Body 130
(28) Five Different Things = Five Parts of the Same Thing 131
Conclusion 133
Abbreviations 134
References 135
Book Essay 141
Book Essay: Patrick Olivelle, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King 141
The Inscription in Lumbinī 143
First Problem: silā vigaḍabhīcā kālāpita 144
Second Problem: aṭhabhāgiye ca 149
Pillars Crowned with Four Lions, Representing the Buddha and His First Sermon in Sārnāth 152
Aśoka Professes His Buddhist Faith 156
The Problem of Identifying the Canonical Discourses 157
A Possible Reason for Aśoka’s Fascination with the Concept of Dhaṃma 159
The Five Precepts as a Guideline 160
The Terms for Compassion 165
The Compound of śramaṇabrāhmaṇa 166
The Problem of General Amnesty (baṃdhana mokhāni) 167
The Cakravartin Concept and dharma 168
Birthplace of Konāgamaṇa Buddha and Other Early Buddhas 171
Problem of the Nativity Tree of the Buddha 172
Abbreviations 174
References 175
Aesthetics and Socio-Cultural Functions of Two Hindi Satirical Fake News Columns: Sattū jī kī asatya kathāeṃ and Pappū aur Gappū kī baiṭhˡkī 180
Abstract 180
1. Introducing the Socio-cultural Functions of Satirical Fake News 180
2. Fake News and Satirical Fake News: Analogies and Differentiations 182
3. The Publication of Three Hindi Satirical Columns During the Pandemic 185
4. Aesthetics and Main Leitmotifs of the Satirical Fake News 187
5. Interrogating the present society by staging satirical fake news 191
6. Conclusions 194
References 194
The 1939 Calcutta Diary of Judhha Shamsher of Nepal: Ego Document, Diplomacy and Emotions 198
Abstract 198
Introduction 198
(Ego) Document, Genre and Language 201
Political Entanglements of Juddha Shamsher: Nepal and British India 211
Emotions and Their Uses in Diplomacy and Documentation 216
Conclusion 221
References 223
Primary source 223
Secondary sources 223