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dc.contributor.authorOllett, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-02 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:23:42Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:23:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier638970
dc.identifierOCN: 984512218en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31094
dc.description.abstractLanguage 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 centuries of the common era. Although little studied today, Prakrit was an important vector of the kāvya movement and once joined Sanskrit at the apex of classical Indian literary culture. The opposition 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian historyen_US
dc.subject.otherprakrit
dc.subject.othersanskrit
dc.subject.otherliterary history
dc.subject.otherindian languages
dc.subject.otherindian literature
dc.subject.otherJainism
dc.subject.otherSatavahana dynasty
dc.titleLanguage of the Snakes
dc.title.alternativePrakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1525/luminos.37
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy72f3a53e-04bb-4d73-b921-22a29d903b3b
oapen.relation.isbn9780520968813
oapen.pages324
oapen.place.publicationOakland, California
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Jainism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism; Prakrit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakrit; Sanskrit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit; Satavahana dynasty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satavahana_dynasty
oapen.identifier.ocn984512218


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