Language of the Snakes : Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India / / Andrew Ollett

• Autore: Ollett Andrew <1986->
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, charts, map; PDF, digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 891/.3
• Soggetto topico: Language and culture - India; Sanskrit literature - History and criticism; Prakrit languages; Prakrit literature - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: asian history; asian literature; classical indian literary culture; classical literature; common era; cosmopolitan; creating a new language; cultural tensions; deccan; demotic language practices; first centuries; india; indian literary criticism; kava movement; language history; language order; language; literary phenomenon; old languages; prakrit; regional; sanskrit; south asia; transregional; vernacular
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prakrit in the language order of India -- Inventing Prakrit: the languages of power -- Inventing Prakrit: the languages of literature -- The forms of Prakrit literature -- Figuring Prakrit -- Knowing Prakrit -- Forgetting Prakrit.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivation in courts of the Deccan in the first few centuries of the common era. Although little studied today, Prakrit was an important vector of the "kavya movement," and once joined Sanskrit at the apex of classical Indian literary culture. The opposition--as well as underlying identity--between Prakrit and Sanskrit was at the center of an enduring "language order" in India, a set of ways of thinking about, naming, classifying, representing, and ultimately using languages. As a language of classical literature that nevertheless retained its associations with more demotic language practices, Prakrit both embodies major cultural tensions--between high and low, transregional and regional, cosmopolitan and vernacular--and provides a unique perspective onto the history of literature and culture in South Asia."--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language of the snakes
• ISBN: 0-520-96881-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996333146003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: South Asia across the disciplines.