The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India

by Sheldon Pollock

Book Overview

In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. He traces the two great moments of its transformation: the first around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression, the start of an amazing career that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520260031
• ISBN13: 9780520260030
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 706 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"