The Early Historical Semantics of Śruti

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" The Early Historical Semantics of Śruti "
Guy St. Amant

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1068908
Doc. No	:	LA112537
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15728536-06402001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Guy St. Amant
Title & Author	:	The Early Historical Semantics of Śruti [Article]\ Guy St. Amant
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Indo-Iranian Journal
Date	:	2021
Volume/ Issue Number	:	64/2
Page No	:	95–144
Abstract	:	An examination of the early usage of the word śruti is needed to clarify how it came to refer to the Veda. This paper reveals that śruti did not assume this meaning as the result of a belief in the aural revelation of the Vedic hymns. The śrautasūtras use the word śruti to cite brāhmaṇa texts and to indicate “hearing” a unit of speech in a Vedic passage. The second of these meanings was probably the historically original one, and this paper argues that it emerged out of early attempts to theorize how people drew information from the Veda. Śruti was placed in contrast with other modes of textual engagement that were understood to go beyond the literal words of the text. An examination of the early usage of the word śruti is needed to clarify how it came to refer to the Veda. This paper reveals that śruti did not assume this meaning as the result of a belief in the aural revelation of the Vedic hymns. The śrautasūtras use the word śruti to cite brāhmaṇa texts and to indicate “hearing” a unit of speech in a Vedic passage. The second of these meanings was probably the historically original one, and this paper argues that it emerged out of early attempts to theorize how people drew information from the Veda. Śruti was placed in contrast with other modes of textual engagement that were understood to go beyond the literal words of the text.
Descriptor	:	Hinduism
Descriptor	:	Mīmāṃsā
Descriptor	:	scripture
Descriptor	:	Veda
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15728536-06402001‬