Culture of encounters : Sanskrit at the Mughal Court /

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This history documents the exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the early Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars. These cross-cultural encounters engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. Many Sanskrit works were translated into Pers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Truschke, Audrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Colección:South Asia across the disciplines.
Temas:
Sanskrit language > History.
Sanskrit language > Usage.
Sanskrit language > Knowledge.
Sanskrit language > Etymology.
Sanscrit (Langue) > Histoire.
Sanscrit (Langue) > Étymologie.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Courts and courtiers
Intellectual life
Sanskrit language
Sanskrit language > Etymology
Sanskrit language > Usage
Mogul Empire > Intellectual life.
Mogul Empire > Court and courtiers.
Empire moghol > Vie intellectuelle.
Empire moghol > Cours et courtisans.
India > Mogul Empire
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents ; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Other Scholarly Conventions; Introduction: The Mughal Culture of Power; 1. Brahman and Jain Sanskrit Intellectuals at the Mughal Court; 2. Sanskrit Textual Production for the Mughals; 3. Many Persian Maha bharatas for Akbar; 4. Abu al-Fazl Redefines Islamicate Knowledge and Akbar's Sovereignty; 5. Writing About the Mughal World in Sanskrit; 6. Incorporating Sanskrit Into the Persianate World; Conclusion: Power, Literature, and Early Modernity.
  • Appendix 1: Bilingual Example Sentences in Krsnadasa's Parasiprakasa (Light on Persian)Appendix 2: Four Sanskrit Verses Transliterated in the Razmna mah (Book of War); Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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