LEADER 02709nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910780974103321 005 20230504212303.0 010 $a0-8166-6636-9 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008001 035 $a(EBL)496600 035 $a(OCoLC)647886262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340513 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340513 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388293 035 $a(PQKB)11285518 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39506 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370423 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523426 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496600 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008001 100 $a20080627h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe modernity of Sanskrit /$fSimona Sawhney 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2009. 210 4$aŠ2009 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8166-4996-0 311 0 $a0-8166-4995-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aSanskrit 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. Gandh 606 $aSanskrit literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHindi literature$xSanskrit influences 615 0$aSanskrit literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHindi literature$xSanskrit influences. 676 $a891/.2 700 $aSawhney$b Simona$01562905 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780974103321 996 $aThe modernity of Sanskrit$93830913 997 $aUNINA