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“May Godly Clouds Rain For You!” Metaphors Of Well-Being In Sanskrit
“May Godly Clouds Rain For You!” Metaphors Of Well-Being In Sanskrit

Author(s): Francis Zimmermann
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Romanian Assoc. for the History of Religions & Inst. for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy

Summary/Abstract: Many figures of speech used in the Hindu texts of medicine, literature or philosophy, be they comparisons, metaphors or metonymies, are based on the ontological polarity of the human body and its natural environment, a dialectic of health and gardening, of self-discipline and the tilling of the soil. We study here one of these syndromes which in Sanskrit is named yogakṣema, well-being defined as the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits of action. De nombreuses figures de style dans les textes hindous de médecine, de littérature ou de philosophie, qu’il s’agisse de comparaisons, de métaphores ou de métonymies, sont fondées sur une polarité ontologique entre le corps humain et son environnement biologique, une dialectique entre la discipline de soi et le travail de la terre. Cette étude est consacrée à l’un de ces complexes d’idées que désigne le mot sanskrit yogakṣema, le bien-être comme jouissance paisible des fruits de l’action.

  • Issue Year: 5/2003
  • Issue No: 04+05
  • Page Range: 371-382
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English