Language of the Snakes : Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India

Language of the Snakes Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India

"Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivation in courts of the Deccan in the first few centuries of the common era. Although little studied today, Prakrit was an important vector of the "kavya movement," and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ollett, Andrew, 1986- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press [2017].
Edición:1st ed
Colección:South Asia across the disciplines.
Materias:
Language and culture > India.
Sanskrit literature > History and criticism.
Prakrit languages.
Prakrit literature > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420587706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prakrit in the language order of India
  • Inventing Prakrit: the languages of power
  • Inventing Prakrit: the languages of literature
  • The forms of Prakrit literature
  • Figuring Prakrit
  • Knowing Prakrit
  • Forgetting Prakrit.

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