Of Gods and Books: Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India 9783110478815, 9783110477726

Of Gods and Books: Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India 9783110478815, 9783110477726, 9783110477764

India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing si

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Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art 0203929594

Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India 9780520932029

In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India 9780520932029, 0520932021

In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's

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Cultures in Contact: Central Asia As Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission 3447118806, 9783447118804

Central Asia is a vast region separating and at the same time connecting the civilizations of the Near East, East Asia a

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The Transmission of Knowledge 1108472621, 9781108472623

How do we transmit or distribute knowledge, as distinct from generating or producing it? In this book John Greco examine

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Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan 9004368191, 9789004368194

Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of r

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Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India 9780231883122

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Cultures of Servitude: Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India 9780804771092

Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced,

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Language of the Snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the Language Order of Premodern India 0520296222, 9780520296220

Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivatio

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