Author: Monier Monier-Williams
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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A Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Author: Monier Monier-Williams
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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The Concept of Bharatavarsha and Other Essays
Author: B. D. Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438471750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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This exploration of key terms related to social and political order, found in early Indian texts, challenges the idea of a unified ancient India and a unified national identity at that time. This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is to identify key concepts which show early Indian civilization as distinct and differently oriented from other formations. The essays focus on ancient Indian texts within a variety of genres. They identify certain key termssuch as janapada, desa, var?a, dharma, bh?vain their empirical contexts to suggest that neither the ideas embedded in these terms nor the idea of Bharatavarsha as a whole are given entities, but that they evolved historically. Professor Chattopadhyaya examines these texts to unveil historical processes. Without denying comparative history, he stresses that the internal dynamics of a society are best decoded via its own texts. His approach bears very effectively on understanding ongoing interactions between Indias Great Tradition and Little Traditions. As a whole, this book is critical of the notion of overarching Indian unity in the ancient period. It punctures the retrospective thrust of hegemonic nationalism as an ideology that has obscured the diverse textures of Indian civilization. Renowned for his scholarship on the ancient Indian past, Professor Chattopadhyayas latest collection only consolidates his high international reputation.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438471750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This exploration of key terms related to social and political order, found in early Indian texts, challenges the idea of a unified ancient India and a unified national identity at that time. This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is to identify key concepts which show early Indian civilization as distinct and differently oriented from other formations. The essays focus on ancient Indian texts within a variety of genres. They identify certain key termssuch as janapada, desa, var?a, dharma, bh?vain their empirical contexts to suggest that neither the ideas embedded in these terms nor the idea of Bharatavarsha as a whole are given entities, but that they evolved historically. Professor Chattopadhyaya examines these texts to unveil historical processes. Without denying comparative history, he stresses that the internal dynamics of a society are best decoded via its own texts. His approach bears very effectively on understanding ongoing interactions between Indias Great Tradition and Little Traditions. As a whole, this book is critical of the notion of overarching Indian unity in the ancient period. It punctures the retrospective thrust of hegemonic nationalism as an ideology that has obscured the diverse textures of Indian civilization. Renowned for his scholarship on the ancient Indian past, Professor Chattopadhyayas latest collection only consolidates his high international reputation.
The Great Indian Corridor in the East
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Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183241793
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Commemorative volume in honour of late Hariprasanna Das, b. 1924, Indian geographer; contributed articles.
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788183241793
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Commemorative volume in honour of late Hariprasanna Das, b. 1924, Indian geographer; contributed articles.
A Sanskṛit-English Dictionary Etymologically and Philologically Arranged
Author: Sir Monier Monier-Williams
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
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Assam State Gazetteer
Author: Amlan Baruah
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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The Pilgrim Kaminita
Author: Karl Gjellerup
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Early History of Kāmarupa
Author: Kanak Lal Barua
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Category : Kāmrūp (India : District)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Kāmrūp (India : District)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Bhomantaka
Author: A. Teeuw
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004486755
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 703
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The Bhomantaka, or the Death of Bhoma, is a wide-ranging tale of the sweet romance of Samba and Yajñawati, of the defeat of the demon Bhoma by King Kresna and his minions in a truly monumental battle, and many more incidents and descriptions, a product of the sophisticated literary tradition of early Java. The poem is written in Old Javanese (composed by an author who does not mention his name or that of his king), in an idiom that presents many difficulties for the modern reader. This book contains an edition of the text, a translation, and an extensive explanatory introduction—enough to make the work accessible—and was produced by a team of two, both senior scholars of Old Javanese and experienced in producing readable English translations. It will become apparent in the course of reading that there are still numerous philological problems attaching to the text and its interpretation, but on the other hand it is also a fact that it contains many a passage of delightful poetry, philosophical teaching and other cultural information. As a result we get a glimpse of what Java was like perhaps eight and a half centuries ago, and of the thought-world of the Javanese of that age a world where legendary, mythological or divine beings do battle, and kings march out to restore the welfare of the realm. This publication takes its place in a long line, from the author via the copyists, in Java and in Bali, who faithfully and lovingly transmitted the work, down to the first edition of the text in 1852 and then the first translation in 1946. In this way a literary tradition of great value has been preserved for the future, and the KITLV Press now offers this contribution to coming generations of students of Old Javanese and to scholars of comparative literature around the world.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004486755
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The Bhomantaka, or the Death of Bhoma, is a wide-ranging tale of the sweet romance of Samba and Yajñawati, of the defeat of the demon Bhoma by King Kresna and his minions in a truly monumental battle, and many more incidents and descriptions, a product of the sophisticated literary tradition of early Java. The poem is written in Old Javanese (composed by an author who does not mention his name or that of his king), in an idiom that presents many difficulties for the modern reader. This book contains an edition of the text, a translation, and an extensive explanatory introduction—enough to make the work accessible—and was produced by a team of two, both senior scholars of Old Javanese and experienced in producing readable English translations. It will become apparent in the course of reading that there are still numerous philological problems attaching to the text and its interpretation, but on the other hand it is also a fact that it contains many a passage of delightful poetry, philosophical teaching and other cultural information. As a result we get a glimpse of what Java was like perhaps eight and a half centuries ago, and of the thought-world of the Javanese of that age a world where legendary, mythological or divine beings do battle, and kings march out to restore the welfare of the realm. This publication takes its place in a long line, from the author via the copyists, in Java and in Bali, who faithfully and lovingly transmitted the work, down to the first edition of the text in 1852 and then the first translation in 1946. In this way a literary tradition of great value has been preserved for the future, and the KITLV Press now offers this contribution to coming generations of students of Old Javanese and to scholars of comparative literature around the world.
Investigations in Kauṭalya's Manual of Political Science
Author: Hartmut Scharfe
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447033305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447033305
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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The Vishńu Puráńa (Vishṇupurāṇam), a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Translated from the Original Sanscrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puráńas, by H. H. Wilson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Languages : en
Pages : 806
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