02699nam 2200577 a 450 991045685740332120200520144314.00-8166-6636-9(CKB)2520000000008001(EBL)496600(OCoLC)647886262(SSID)ssj0000340513(PQKBManifestationID)11264177(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340513(PQKBWorkID)10388293(PQKB)11285518(MiAaPQ)EBC496600(MdBmJHUP)muse39506(Au-PeEL)EBL496600(CaPaEBR)ebr10370423(CaONFJC)MIL523426(EXLCZ)99252000000000800120080627d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe modernity of Sanskrit[electronic resource] /Simona SawhneyMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20091 online resource (228 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4996-0 0-8166-4995-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Smara: The Memory/Love of Kalidasa; 2. Literary Modernity and Sanskrit Poetry: The Work of Mohan Rakesh; 3. Allegory and Violence: Gandhi's Reading of the Bhagavad Gita; 4. The Lure of Violence: Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug: (The Blind Age); 5. Poetry beyond Art; Epilogue: Poetry and Justice; Notes; IndexSanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal the fragility, ambivalence, and tension that mark the canonical texts. Today we witness, Sawhney contends, the near-total appropriation of Sanskrit literature by Hindu nationalism. The Modernity of Sanskrit challenges this appropriation by exploring the complex work of Rabindranath Tagore, M. K. GandhSanskrit literatureHistory and criticismHindi literatureSanskrit influencesElectronic books.Sanskrit literatureHistory and criticism.Hindi literatureSanskrit influences.891/.2Sawhney Simona972377MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456857403321The modernity of Sanskrit2211097UNINA