Battle for Sanskrit (Record no. 221123)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789352641819
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency AL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 491.2
Item number MALB
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rajiv Malhotra
9 (RLIN) 12736
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Battle for Sanskrit
Remainder of title Sanskrit political or sacred oppressive or liberating dead or alive
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. India
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperCollins
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii,468p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 21.3X14cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Source of price type code General
Price type code 4477
Price amount ₹467.22
Currency code ₹
Unit of pricing ₹599.00
Price note 22%
Price effective from 18-12-2021
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing westernization of the discourse about India. The Battle for Sanskrit seeks to alert traditional scholars of Sanskrit and sanskriti - Indian civilization - concerning an important school of thought that has its base in the US and that has started to dominate the discourse on the cultural, social and political aspects of India. This academic field is called Indology or Sanskrit studies. From their analysis of Sanskrit texts, the scholars of this field are intervening in modern Indian society with the explicitly stated purpose of removing 'poisons' allegedly built into these texts. They hold that many Sanskrit texts are socially oppressive and serve as political weapons in the hands of the ruling elite; that the sacred aspects need to be refuted; and that Sanskrit has long been dead. The traditional Indian experts would outright reject or at least question these positions. The start of Rajiv Malhotra's feisty exploration of where the new thrust in Western Indology goes wrong, and his defence of what he considers the traditional, Indian approach, began with a project related to the Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Karnataka, one of the most sacred institutions for Hindus. There was, as he saw it, a serious risk of distortion of the teachings of the peetham, and of sanatana dharma more broadly. Whichever side of the fence one may be on, The Battle for Sanskrit offers a spirited debate marshalling new insights and research. It is a valuable addition to an important subject, and in a larger context, on two ways of looking. Is each view exclusive of the other, or can there be a bridge between them? Readers can judge for themselves.
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Source of heading or term Language
Topical term or geographic name entry element English Language
9 (RLIN) 12737
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General St Aloysius PG Library St Aloysius PG Library 12/30/2021 Biblios Book Point 467.22   491.2 MALB PG023517 08/24/2022 599.00 01/10/2022 Book