Language of the Snakes : Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India / / Andrew Ollett
| Language of the Snakes : Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India / / Andrew Ollett |
| Autore | Ollett Andrew <1986-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations, charts, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 891/.3 |
| Collana | South Asia across the disciplines |
| 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 |
| ISBN | 0-520-96881-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996333146003316 |
Ollett Andrew <1986->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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Languages and nations [[electronic resource] ] : the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras / / Thomas R. Trautmann
| Languages and nations [[electronic resource] ] : the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras / / Thomas R. Trautmann |
| Autore | Trautmann Thomas R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Soggetto topico |
Dravidian philology - History - 19th century
Orientalism - History - 19th century Indologists - India - Madras - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asian languages
british india college of fort st george colonialism colonies dravidian languages dravidian philology empire ethnology francis whyte ellis grammar history of language imperialism india indo aryan indo european indologists language analysis language families language linguistics madras malayo polynesian nation state nation nonfiction orientalism panini prakrit ptolemy romani sanskrit south india sumatran tolkappiyar vedic |
| ISBN |
1-282-35771-9
9786612357718 0-520-93190-4 1-60129-523-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Explosion in the Grammar Factory -- 2. Pāṇini and Tolkāppiyar -- 3. Ellis and His Circle -- 4. The College -- 5. The Dravidian Proof -- 6. Legacies -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A. The Legend of the Cow-Pox -- Appendix B. The Dravidian Proof -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Languages & nations |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406703321 |
Trautmann Thomas R
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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