Sanskrit and the British Empire
Title | Sanskrit and the British Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Rajesh Kochhar |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2021-09-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000435539 |
This book focuses on the career of Sanskrit in British India. Europe’s discovery of Sanskrit was a development of far-reaching historical significance in terms of intellectual curiosity, evangelical considerations, colonial administrative requirements, and political compulsions. The volume critically analyses this interplay between Sanskrit texts and the imperial and colonial presence in India. It goes beyond the question of what the discovery of Sanskrit meant for the West and examines what this collocation meant for India. The author looks at how the British needed Sanskrit for dispensation of Hindu civil law; how learned Pandits were cultivated; and how scholarship was developed transcending utilitarianism. He also studies the extent to which Sanskrit in pre- and non-British India had a bearing on Europe and explores themes such as Jesuit Sanskrit, Hinduism in practice, scripturism, Aryan Race Theory, seductive orientalism, and the introduction of archivalism in India. Rich in archival sources, this unique book will be useful for scholars and researchers of colonial history, modern Indian history, Indology, linguistics, history of education, Sanskrit studies, post-colonial studies, and cultural studies.
Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia
Title | Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 970 |
Release | 1895 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
The Nāradasmṛti
Title | The Nāradasmṛti PDF eBook |
Author | Nārada |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9788120818040 |
This fascinating and profound book of ancient, Eastern esoteric wisdom backed by the latest discoveries and experiments of modern science treats of the health of soul by showing the relationship between soul and brain.This book is a cybernetic exploration of mind`s inner space leading to expanded cosmoelectronic consciousness. Having shown the differences between Eastern and Western thought-processes, Saher explains how the sages of the East have aquired that source of wisdom and bliss which our misguided youth seeks vainly in hallucinogenic drugs.
2000-2999, Language and literature
Title | 2000-2999, Language and literature PDF eBook |
Author | Princeton University. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 620 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Classified catalogs |
ISBN |
Collected Writings
Title | Collected Writings PDF eBook |
Author | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky |
Publisher | Los Angeles, Philosophical Research Society, 1950- . |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Theosophy |
ISBN |
Classified List
Title | Classified List PDF eBook |
Author | Princeton University. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Classified catalogs |
ISBN |
Report of the Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Orientalists Held in London, 1874
Title | Report of the Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Orientalists Held in London, 1874 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | International Congress of Orientalists |
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