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Sanskrit Literature

Books on: sanskrit

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Sanskrit Poetics as a Study of Aesthetic

Book by S. K. De, Edwin Gerow; University of California Press, 1963

Subjects:

Poetics, Sanskrit Poetry--History And Criticism

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

Sanskrit Poetics as a Study of Aesthetic Sanskrit Poetics as a Study of Aesthetic BY S. K. DE WITH...Chicago by Sushil Kumar De, Professor emeritus of Sanskrit of the University of Calcutta. I am pleased that persons...
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Land of Bliss: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light: Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhavativyuha Sutras

Book by Luis O. Gómez; University of Hawaii Press, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...OF THE BUDDHA OF MEASURELESS LIGHT Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhavativyuha...of the Buddha of measureless light : Sanskrit and Chinese versions of the Sukhavativyuha...PREFACE ix Part 1: THE SANSKRIT VERSIONS Introduction to the...
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Early History of the Vaisnava Faith and Movement in Bengal: From Sanskrit and Bengali Sources

Book by Sushil Kumar De; Firma K.L. Mukhopadhya, 1961

Subjects:

Vaishnavism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...FAITH AND MOVEMENT IN BENGAL FROM SANSKRIT AND BENGALI SOURCES BY SUSHIL KUMAR...LIT. London Sometime Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Dacca and in the...Postgraduate Research Department, Calcutta Sanskrit College ; Professor Emeritus Jadavpur...
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The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom; Text and Commentaries Translated from Sanskrit and Chinese

Book by Red Pine; Counterpoint, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

A dazzling new translation with commentaries from the Chinese & Sanskrit of the text most central to Zen Buddhism.
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The Awakening of Faith, Attributed to Aasvaghosha

Book by Yoshito S. Hakeda, Aasvaghoosa; Columbia University Press, 1967

Subjects:

Sanskrit Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

This text is a short treatise, but its importance is out of all proportion to its length, since it provides a comprehensive summary of the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism. It discusses the question of how man can transcend his finite state and participate in the life of the infinite while still ...
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This text is a short treatise, but its importance is out of all proportion to its length, since it provides a comprehensive summary of the essentials of Mahayana Buddhism. It discusses the question of how man can transcend his finite state and participate in the life of the infinite while still remaining in the midst of the phenomenal order and concludes with a discussion of the particular practices and techniques that will aid the believer in the awakening and growth of his faith.
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Journal Articles on: sanskrit

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Primary Education in Sanskrit: Methods and Goals *

Journal article by Edwin Gerow; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002

Subjects:

Sanskrit language--Research, Sanskrit language--Study and teaching

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

Primary education in Sanskrit: methods and goals *. by Edwin...my youth as a student in the Mysore Sanskrit College, one of the better endowed...Reports (1835-38) to the Report of the Sanskrit Commission (1958), have dealt with...
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Sanskrit for Civil Servants 1806-1818

Journal article by Rosane Rocher; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002

Subjects:

Sanskrit language

Collections: History, Entire Library

Sanskrit for Civil Servants 1806-1818. by Rosane Rocher THE EARLY HISTORY OF SANSKRIT STUDIES in Great Britain contrasts sharply with that on the continent of Europe. The first chair of Sanskrit at a European university was not founded in Britain, as...
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Sanskrit Pandits Recall Their Youth: Two Autobiographies from Nineteenth-Century Bengal

Journal article by Brian A. Hatcher; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001

Subjects:

Authorship--Analysis, Bengal--Languages, Sanskrit language--Analysis, Sanskrit literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Sanskrit pandits recall their youth: Two autobiographies from nineteenth-century...attention to two little-known autobiographies written by Sanskrit pandits in late nineteenth-century Bengal. These texts...modern society of the subcontinent. These men were the Sanskrit pandits of Bengal. In pre-colonial times, pandits exercised...
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Deconstruction and Sanskrit Poetics

Journal article by William S. Haney II; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 28, 1995

Subjects:

Deconstruction--Analysis, Derrida, Jacques--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sanskrit literature--Analysis, Sanskrit philology--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Deconstruction and Sanskrit poetics. by William S. Haney...regarded as an undeveloped form of Sanskrit poetics, for central to Indian philosophy...expanded awareness available through Sanskrit poetics can take one beyond the oppositions...
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Sanskrit and Evolution of Human Speech, Based on Sri Aurobindo's Linguistic Theory

Journal article by Anuradha Coudry; International Journal of Humanities and Peace, Vol. 22, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Sanskrit and Evolution of Human Speech, Based on Sri Aurobindo's Linguistic Theory (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Sanskrit and Evolution of Human Speech, Based on Sri Aurobindos...Sampadananada Mishra, in the introduction to his book Sanskrit and the Evolution of Human Speech. A reputed American...evolution and processes. Records show that the discovery of Sanskrit in Europe gave a new impetus and direction to the study...

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Magazine Articles on: sanskrit

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Tradition in Transition: Sanskrit Education in Varanasi, India

Magazine article by Jan Protopapas; World and I, Vol. 13, September 1998

Subjects:

India--Education, Sanskrit language--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Tradition in Transition: Sanskrit Education in Varanasi, India...as brahmacharis, (students of the Sanskrit language and traditions). Lada, a...with the ancient Vedic meters and Sanskrit words in an almost melodious way...
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India's Special K: An Actor-Based Form of Sanskrit Theatre Has Grabbed Headlines in the Indian State of Kerala-And Abroad

Magazine article by Anita Ratnam; American Theatre, Vol. 22, May-June 2005

Subjects:

Indian arts--Fairs and festivals, Indian arts--Performances, Indian arts--Protection and preservation, Kerala, India--Fairs and festivals, Kerala, India--Performances

Collections: Entire Library

...Indias Special K: An Actor-Based Form of Sanskrit Theatre Has Grabbed Headlines in the...it deserves. Drawing on the texts of Sanskrit dramatists like Asvaghosha, Bhasa, Sudraka...other main characters based on classical Sanskrit (as written and described in ancient...
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In the Footsteps of the Chakyars: India's Venerable Sanskrit Theater

Magazine article by Shoba S. Rajgopal; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

India, Indian art--History, Popular culture, Theater--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Footsteps of the Chakyars: Indias Venerable Sanskrit Theater. by Shoba S. Rajgopal...So that is how we arrived at the Sanskrit theater of Kerala, the current site of...Chakyars fell the role of preserving the Sanskrit classical theater, or Kudiyattam. It...
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Buddha in His Time and Ours

Magazine article by Charles Hallisey; World and I, Vol. 14, October 1999

Subjects:

Buddhist literature--Criticism and interpretation, Gautama Buddha--Biography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Hallisey is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities in Sanskrit and Indian Studies at Harvard University. Who was the Buddha...example--to become Buddhas ourselves, now or in the future. The Sanskrit word Buddha means "someone who has woken up." It is, according...
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Privilege and Resentment: Religious Conflict in India

Magazine article by Vatsala Vedantam; The Christian Century, Vol. 116, April 14, 1999

Subjects:

Christians in India--Crimes against, Freedom of religion--India, India--Religion, Persecution--India

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...St. Stephens College in New Delhi carries on its walls the Sanskrit prayer "Satyam Eva Jayate Na Anritham" (Truth alone triumphs...constituent colleges of Delhi University, also established studies in Sanskrit, the language of the sacred Hindu scriptures, under the stewardship...

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Newspaper Articles on: sanskrit

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Sanskrit Show Holds Allure for Local Playwright

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 4, 2006

Subjects:

Theater

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Sanskrit Show Holds Allure for Local Playwright. Byline: Jack...wrote a thousand-plus years ago in a very dead language, Sanskrit. But the more Johnson talks about the play, "Balacarita...torrential rainstorm. "Bhasa is very different from most Sanskrit writers," Johnson says. "Most Sanskrit plays are Rasa...
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Material Swirl; MADONNA PAINTS HANDS TO BOOST LOVE LIFE

Newspaper article by Mark Dowdney Foreign; The Mirror (London, England), March 6, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and the sides of her hands in intricate Sanskrit symbols applied in henna. She said...her religion, is now reported to chant Sanskrit slogans. At TV rehearsals recently...smell the flower so she could relax. Sanskrit designs - which include symbols for careers...
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A Book to Confuse; JUST BROWSING

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 22, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BROWSING. A Compendium Of Oriental Healing. By W Craig Dodd (New Holland, pounds 4.99). "The word Yoga derives from the Sanskrit yuj which means `to bind together, and it is through Yoga that Man seeks how to Find Union with the State of Being." And...
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Kula Star Bridges; the Generation Gap

Newspaper article by Colin Wilson; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 26, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Wilson She was a child star-turned glamour girl, who became a Hollywood screen sensation. He loves Scots curries, reads Sanskrit and leads the hottest cult hippy band of the 90s. In showbiz circles theyre better known as mother and son ... Hayley and...
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FROM VOGUER TO YOGA...; Mantra Ray Is Chant-Topper

Newspaper article by Steve King; The Mirror (London, England), March 5, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practise Ashtangi yoga where you chant Sanskrit prayers before each practise. "So I...My yoga teacher introduced me to a Sanskrit professor who I studied with and took...course in pronunciation and the history of Sanskrit." "Its one of the oldest languages...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: sanskrit

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Sanskrit

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

SANSKRIT san skrit, language belonging to the Indic group of...Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian ). Sanskrit was the classical standard language of ancient India...oldest surviving Indo-European documents are written in Sanskrit; however, Hittite is probably the earliest recorded Indo-European...
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Sanskrit Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

SANSKRIT LITERATURE literary works written in Sanskrit constituting the main body of the classical literature...the Vedic (c.1500 c.200 b.c.), when the Vedic form of Sanskrit generally prevailed, and the Sanskrit (c.200 b.c. c.a...
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Asian Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...works produced in the East. Of the three major Asian dramas Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese the oldest is Sanskrit, although the dates of its origin are uncertain. See also Sanskrit literature ; Chinese literature ; Japanese literature...
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Buddhist Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...lifetime the Buddha taught not in Vedic Sanskrit, which had become unintelligible to the...Buddhist texts were written in a type of Sanskrit influenced by the vernaculars. Mahayana...translation is extremely literal, following the Sanskrit almost word for word and based on standardized...
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Prakrit

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...that followed the Old Indic stage of Sanskrit and Vedic but preceded the Modern Indic...designate all Indic languages other than Sanskrit and Vedic. Other authorities say that...or vernacular dialects of classical Sanskrit . They were popular forms of speech...

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