Prakrit, Sanskrit, and the language order of premodern India Ollett, Andrew, 1986- author text bibliography text cau 2017 2017 monographic Oakland, California : University of California Press, publisher [2017] eng

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1 electronic resource (xi, 308 pages ) "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. 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. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Andrew Ollett. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index. 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 PK4994 891/.3 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020715379 Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520968813 (DLC) 2017019745 Ollett, Andrew, 1986- author. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520296220 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 2017018705 9780520968813 9780520296220 2020715379 pn DLC 170417 20250607104848.6 21944472 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng