Email this article A Buddhist technical term in Christian Sogdian
- Authors: Sims-Williams N.1
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Affiliations:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2021)
- Pages: 32-36
- Section: Research works
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/1811-8062/article/view/77332
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/WMO77332
- ID: 77332
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This article surveys the Indian (Sanskrit and Prakrit) loanwords used in the Christian literature in Sogdian, including some which have not been noticed previously. In particular, it discusses a possible borrowing of the Buddhist Sanskrit technical term citta-saṃtāna-, used in a Christian Sogdian text in the sense “train of thought”
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Nicholas Sims-Williams
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Author for correspondence.
Email: ns5@soas.ac.uk
https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31817.php
Research Professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies
United Kingdom, LondonReferences
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