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Choi, Seongho: The Relationship between nāman, pada, and vyañjana in Sarvāstivāda and Yogācāra Literature, in Angermeier, Vitus et al. (Eds.): Puṣpikā: Proceedings of the 12th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Vienna, 2021), Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2023 (Puṣpikā – Tracing Ancient India through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology, Volume 6), p. 53–66. https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1133.c15528

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Seongho Choi

The Relationship between nāman, pada, and vyañjana in Sarvāstivāda and Yogācāra Literature

The Sarvāstivāda definitions of the three terms nāman, pada, and vyañjana are discussed in this paper. The characteristics of each term and the relationships between them are elaborated in the various Sarvāstivāda and Yogācāra texts. My examination of these texts demonstrates that the Sarvāstivādins had more than one definition for these terms owing to the multiple meanings of pada and vyañjana. The term pada could mean a portion of a verse or a word. The term vyañjana could be interpreted as one single syllable or a complete expression resulting from the collection of phrases. These possibilities led to multiple layers of interpretation in the relationships between nāman, pada, and vyañjana.

Keywords nāman, pada, vyañjana, Sarvāstivāda dharma