Ideology and Status of Sanskrit

Contributions to the History of the Sanskrit Language
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10613-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 502 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1025 g

Reihe: Brill's Indological Library

The present volume is the outcome of a seminar on the Ideology and Status of Sanskrit held in Leiden under the auspices of the International Institute for Asian Studies. The book contains studies of crucial periods and important areas in the history of the Sanskrit language, from the earliest, Vedic and pre-Vedic periods, through the period in which the (restricted) use of Sanskrit spread over practically all of South (including part of Central) and Southeast Asia (sometimes referred to as the period of "Greater India"), up to the recent history of Sanskrit in India.
The contributions of this volume are divided into three sections: (1) Origins and Creation of the "Eternal Language"; (2) Transculturation, Vernacularization, Sanskritization; (3) The Sanskrit Tradition: Continuity from the past or Construction from the present?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Verhagen, Pieter Cornelis

Bhate, Saroja

Bijlert, Victor van

Radicchi, Anna

Wezler, Albrecht

Houben, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Über Autor(innen)

Jan E.M. Houben obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 for a thesis on Bhartṛhari's philosophy of language (Utrecht University). At present he is a Fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, doing research in ancient Indian grammar and philosophy.