Metaphor of River in the "Dhammapada"
Metaphor of River in the "Dhammapada"

Author(s): Joanna Jurewicz
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Buddhism; Dhammapada; conceptual metonymy; conceptual metaphor; conceptual blending
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the metaphor of river in the Dhammapada with the assumption of the embodied cognition and the use of the conceptual metaphor theory. Such an approach allows for reconstructing the enriched meaning of this metaphor and its conceptual relationship with the earlier Vedic tradition.

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