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

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

Sheldon Pollock

703 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 beg...

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