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Language of the Gods in the World of Men

Sheldon Pollock

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle for poetry and polity by tracing the two great moments of this transformation. The first occurred around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression in the start of an amazing path that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanisan to Java. About Author : Sheldon Pollock is William B. Ransfor Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at Columbia University and former George V. Bobrinskoy Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. His publications include The Ends of Man at the End of Premodernity , Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia , Cosmopolitanism and The Ramayana of Valmiki, Volume III: Aranyakanda , and Volume II: Ayoadhyakanda . Contents : Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 The Sanskrit Cosmopolis Part 2 The Vernacular Millennium Part 3 Theory and Practice of Culture and Power Appendix Publication History Bibliography Index Maps Follow Page

Pages: 704

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Permanent Black

Release: May 06, 2022

ISBN: 8178241781

ISBN 13: 9788178241784

Language of the Gods in the World of Men

Sheldon Pollock

1/5 ( ratings)

The Language of the Gods in the World of Men In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle for poetry and polity by tracing the two great moments of this transformation. The first occurred around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression in the start of an amazing path that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanisan to Java. About Author : Sheldon Pollock is William B. Ransfor Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at Columbia University and former George V. Bobrinskoy Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. His publications include The Ends of Man at the End of Premodernity , Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia , Cosmopolitanism and The Ramayana of Valmiki, Volume III: Aranyakanda , and Volume II: Ayoadhyakanda . Contents : Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 The Sanskrit Cosmopolis Part 2 The Vernacular Millennium Part 3 Theory and Practice of Culture and Power Appendix Publication History Bibliography Index Maps Follow Page

Pages: 704

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Permanent Black

Release: May 06, 2022

ISBN: 8178241781

ISBN 13: 9788178241784

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