{"product_id":"pupik-tracing-ancient-india-through-lucas-den-boer-9781785707568","title":"Pu\u0026#7779;pik\u0026#257; Tracing Ancient India Through Texts and Traditions: Contributions to Current Research in Indology, Volume 4","description":"Puṣpikā Volume 4 contains the proceedings of the seventh International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (Leiden 2015). The fourteen papers included here cover a rich variety of topics related to the intellectual traditions of South Asia such as grammar, poetry and philosophy, examined from a plurality of disciplinary perspectives, with a particular emphasis on philology, history and sociology.\u003cbr\u003eThe first four articles of focus on the Sanskrit language, from the strictly linguistic and historical perspective to the wider political issue of its uses and abuses. The second section deals with issues in poetry, aesthetics and performative arts, ranging from classical Sanskrit mahākāvyas to contemporary Kathak dance. The third section is focused on the philosophical traditions of South Asia (and beyond), with an eye to both a strictly historical approach and a more argumentative and evaluative one. Finally material culture and its relations to both the historical and the ideological are the themes treated in the last section of the volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucas Den Boer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785707566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785707568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxbow Books Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Lucas Den Boer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450013233407,"sku":"9781785707568","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d707ba7d-e6be-4dc3-8795-410255fa7d92.jpg?v=1777265860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pupik-tracing-ancient-india-through-lucas-den-boer-9781785707568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}