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100			_aMalhotra, Rajiv _9477
245			_aThe battle for Sanskrit: is Sanskrit political or sacred, oppressive or liberating, dead or alive?
260			_bHarperCollins Publishers _aNew Delhi _c2016
300			_axviii, 468 p.
365			_aINR _b599.00
520			_aThere is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing Westernization of the discourse about India. 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. The scholars of this field 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. Is each view exclusive of the other, or can there be a bridge between them?
650			_aSanskrit philology _9478
650			_aStudy skills _9479
650			_aIndia _9480
650			_aCivilization _9481
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