The tathagata as the character of verbal duel
Abstract
Abstract: this article considers the special relationship of the Tathagata with “speaking truth”. Valuable material for studying this relationship in detail we take from the Sutras of “Digha-Nikaya”. And in these parts the Tathagata is extremely similar to a certain character of early Upanishads (“Brihadaranyaka Upanishad” and “Chandogya Upanishad”), who called brahmishtha. This character is mysterious, in the later Brahministic and Hinduistic traditions it is not fixed. The article makes the assumption that Tathagata was in the ancient pan-Indic term, only subsequently established exclusively for Buddhism, brahmishtha was and remained a peripheral term, the hero of local traditions.
About the Author
Ye. G. Vyrschikov
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Yevgeniy G. Vyrschikov, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Culture of the Ancient East
Russian Federation
Yevgeniy G. Vyrschikov, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Department of History and Culture of the Ancient East
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Vyrschikov Y.G. The tathagata as the character of verbal duel. Orientalistica. 2019;2(1):51-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-1-51-61
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