The Language of the Gods in the World of Men : Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pollock, Sheldon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2006]
Temas:
Indic literature > To 1500 > History.
Indic literature > To 1500 > Political aspects.
Literature and society > India > History.
Politics and literature > India > History.
Sanskrit literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Sanskrit literature > To 1500 > Political aspects.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
afghanistan.
ancient language.
asian studies.
bhasa.
cultural india.
dharmic religion.
dialect.
history of language.
history.
identity.
india.
indian philosophy.
indian.
indonesia.
java.
language.
latin literature.
linguistics.
literary criticism.
literary culture.
literary studies.
literature.
local dialects.
media studies.
medieval europe.
nation state.
nation.
nonfiction.
poetry.
politics.
polity.
roman empire.
sacred language.
sanskrit language.
sanskrit.
south asia.
vernacular literature.
vernacularism.
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