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The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India

2006 The Regents of the University of California ;ISBN: 9780520245006 ;ISBN: 0520245008 ;ISBN: 0520260031 ;ISBN: 9780520260030 ;EISBN: 9780520932029 ;EISBN: 0520932021 ;OCLC: 70701869 ;LCCallNum: PK2907.P65P65 2006

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  • Title:
    The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India
  • Author: Pollock, Sheldon I
  • Subjects: History ; History and criticism ; India ; Indic literature ; Literature and society ; Political aspects ; Politics and literature ; Sanskrit literature ; To 1500
  • Description: In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. He traces the two great moments of its transformation: the first around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression, the start of an amazing career that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanistan to Java. The second moment occurred around the beginning of the second millennium, when local speech forms challenged and eventually replaced Sanskrit in both the literary and political arenas. Drawing striking parallels, chronologically as well as structurally, with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, and with the new vernacular literatures and nation-states of late-medieval Europe,The Language of the Gods in the World of Menasks whether these very different histories challenge current theories of culture and power and suggest new possibilities for practice.
  • Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press
  • Creation Date: 2006
  • Format: 703
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780520245006
    ISBN: 0520245008
    ISBN: 0520260031
    ISBN: 9780520260030
    EISBN: 9780520932029
    EISBN: 0520932021
    OCLC: 70701869
    LCCallNum: PK2907.P65P65 2006
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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