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01711 a2200253 4500 |
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201031b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780520296220 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
891.3 |
| Item number |
OLL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ollett, Andrew |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Language of the snakes: Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the language order of premodern India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University of California, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Oakland: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 308 p. : ill. ; |
| Other physical details |
pb; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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USD |
| Price amount |
39.95 |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
South Asia across the disciplines. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivation in courts of the Deccan in the first few centuries of the common era. Although little studied today, Prakrit was an important vector of the "kavya movement," and once joined Sanskrit at the apex of classical Indian literary culture. The opposition--as well as underlying identity--between Prakrit and Sanskrit was at the center of an enduring "language order" in India, a set of ways of thinking about, naming, classifying, representing, and ultimately using languages. As a language of classical literature that nevertheless retained its associations with more demotic language practices, Prakrit both embodies major cultural tensions--between high and low, transregional and regional, cosmopolitan and vernacular--and provides a unique perspective onto the history of literature and culture in South Asia. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Literature |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Prakrit Language |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Prakrit Literature |
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Sanskrit Literature |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language - Culture |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Humanities |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
