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Free Download The Sanskrit Epics By J. L. Brockington
1998 | 596 Pages | ISBN: 9004102604 | PDF | 13 MB
Mah bh rata (including Harivam a) and R m yan a, the two great Sanskrit Epics central to the whole of Indian Culture, form the subject of this new work.The book begins by examining the relationship of the epics to the Vedas and the role of the bards who produced them. The core of the work, a study of the linguistic and stylistic features of the epics, precedes the examination of the material culture, the social, economic and political aspects, and the religious aspects. The final chapter presents the wider picture and in conclusion even looks into the future of epic studies.In this long overdue survey work the author synthesizes the results of previous scholarship in the field. Herewith a coherent view is built up of the nature and the significance of these two central epics, both in themselves, and in relation to Indian culture as a whole.

Free Download Raj Balkaran, "Visions and Revisions in Sanskrit Narrative: Studies in the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas "
English | ISBN: 1760465895 | 2023 | 484 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Sanskrit narrative is the lifeblood of Indian culture, encapsulating and perpetuating insights and values central to Indian thought and practice. This volume brings together eighteen of the foremost scholars across the globe, who, in an unprecedented collaboration, accord these texts the integrity and dignity they deserve. The last time this was attempted, on a much smaller scale, was a generation ago, with Purāṇa Perennis (1993). The pre-eminent contributors to this landmark collection use novel methods and theory to meaningfully engage Sanskrit narrative texts, showcasing the state of contemporary scholarship on the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas.

Free Download Anuj Misra, "The Sanskrit Astronomical Table Text Brahmatulyasra Numerical tables in textual scholarship "
English | ISBN: 9004431411 | 2020 | 240 pages | PDF | 5 MB
A timely exploration of the numerical tables genre in pre-modern science, focusing on the previously unpublished 17th-century Indian astronomical table text Brahmatulyasra. Includes critical edition, English translation, and thorough technical/ historical commentary analysing the content and background of the work.

Free Download A. Berriedale Keith, "The Sanskrit Drama: In it’s Origin, Development Theory and Practice"
English | 1954 | pages: 397 | ISBN: 8120815300, 8120809777, 9390696178 | PDF | 39,9 mb
Since the appearance of Sylvain L vi s admirable treatise, Le th tre Indian, the first adequate sketch of the origin and development of the Indian drama and of Indian dramatic theory, in the last decade of the nineteenth century, the discovery of important fragments of the dramas of AÜvagho|a and Bh sa had thrown unex-pected light on the early history of the drama in India, which necessitated a fresh investigation of the origin and develop-ment of the drama in the light of the new materials available, resulting in the publication of the present work by Prof. A.B. Keith in 1924.

Free Download Antonia M. Ruppel, "An Introductory Sanskrit Reader Improving Reading Fluency"
English | ISBN: 9004468668 | 2021 | 312 pages | PDF | 182 MB
This Reader aims at bridging the gap between introductory/grammar lessons and independent reading of Sanskrit texts. Fully annotated readings from epics, narrative and subhāṣitas are supplemented by sections on syntax, word formation and compounding, and also a 900-word study vocabulary.

Free Download Sanskrit Astronomical Tables by Clemency Montelle
English | EPUB | 2019 | 311 Pages | ISBN : 3319970364 | 155.75 MB
This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the primary mathematical astronomy content of table texts and the attempted taxonomy of this genre before diving into the broad outlines of their representation in the Sanskrit scientific manuscript corpus.

Free Download Christopher T. Fleming, "Science and Society in the Sanskrit World "
English | ISBN: 900452231X | 2023 | 508 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Science and Society in the Sanskrit World contains seventeen essays that cover a kaleidoscopic array of classical Sanskrit scientific disciplines, such as the astral sciences, grammar, jurisprudence, theology, and hermeneutics.

Free Download Sanskrit Astronomical Tables by Clemency Montelle
English | EPUB | 2019 | 311 Pages | ISBN : 3319970364 | 155.75 MB
This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history of pre-modern astronomy. It then discusses the primary mathematical astronomy content of table texts and the attempted taxonomy of this genre before diving into the broad outlines of their representation in the Sanskrit scientific manuscript corpus.

Free Download Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir By Hamsa Stainton
2019 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0190889810 | PDF | 32 MB
Historically, Kashmir was one of the most dynamic and influential centers of Sanskrit learning and literary production in South Asia. In Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir, Hamsa Stainton investigates the close connection between poetry and prayer in South Asia by studying the history of Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotras) in Kashmir. The book provides a broad introduction to the history and general features of the stotra genre, and it charts the course of these literary hymns in Kashmir from the eighth century to the present. In particular, it offers the first major study in any European language of the Stutikusum=ajali, an important work of religious literature dedicated to the god ‘Siva and one of the only extant witnesses to the trajectory of Sanskrit literary culture in fourteenth-century Kashmir.The book also contributes to the study of ‘Saivism by examining the ways in which ‘Saiva poets have integrated the traditions of Sanskrit literature and poetics, theology (especially non-dualism), and ‘Saiva worship and devotion. It substantiates the diverse configurations of ‘Saiva bhakti expressed and explored in these literary hymns and the challenges they present for standard interpretations of Hindu bhakti. More broadly, this study of stotras from Kashmir offers new perspectives on the history and vitality of prayer in South Asia and its complex relationships to poetry and poetics.