{"product_id":"the-language-of-the-gods-in-the-world-of-men-sanskrit-culture-and-power-in-premodern-india-9788178242750","title":"The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sheldon Pollock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe traces the two great moments of its transformation: the first around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression, the start of an amazing career that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanistan to Java. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second moment occurred around the beginning of the second millennium, when local speech forms challenged and eventually replaced Sanskrit in both the literary and political arenas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing striking parallels, chronologically as well as structurally, with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, and with the new vernacular literatures and nation-states of late-medieval Europe, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Language of the Gods in the World of Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e asks whether these very different histories challenge current theories of culture and power and suggest new possibilities for practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616494641303,"sku":"9788178242750","price":627.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788178242750.webp?v=1769294942","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-language-of-the-gods-in-the-world-of-men-sanskrit-culture-and-power-in-premodern-india-9788178242750","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}