03265cam a22004695i 4500 21944472 20250607104848.6 m |o d | cr|||||||||||| 170417t20172017caua ob 001 0 eng 21944472 0 ibc origcop u ncip 20 y-gencatlg acquire doabebook policy default 2020715379 9780520968813 ebook 9780520296220 pbk. : alk. paper DLC eng pn rda DLC PK4994 891/.3 23 Ollett, Andrew, 1986- author. Language of the snakes : Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the language order of premodern India / Andrew Ollett. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] ©2017 1 electronic resource (xi, 308 pages ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index. Prakrit in the language order of India -- Inventing Prakrit: the languages of power -- Inventing Prakrit: the languages of literature -- The forms of Prakrit literature -- Figuring Prakrit -- Knowing Prakrit -- Forgetting Prakrit. Unrestricted online access "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."--Provided by publisher. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. Language and culture India. Prakrit languages. Prakrit literature History and criticism. Sanskrit literature History and criticism. Online version: Ollett, Andrew, 1986- author. Language of the snakes Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520968813 (DLC) 2017019745 Print version: Language of the snakes Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520296220 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 2017018705 gdcebookspublic 2020715379 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020715379 gdc/doab gdc/scd