Aspects of Manuscript Culture in South India (Hardcover)

This volume, the outcome of a seminar organized at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, marks an important advancement in the study of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts which are predominantly on palm leaf and rarely older than three to four centuries. Nevertheless, they continued a manuscript culture for around two millennia and had a profound impact on traditions of knowledge and culture. After an introductory essay (by J.E.M. Houben and S. Rath) addressing theoretical and historical issues of text transmission in manuscripts and in India s remarkably strong oral memory culture, it contains twelve contributions dealing with South Indian manuscript collections in India and Europe (mainly of Vedic and Sanskrit texts) and with problems related to the scripts, the dating of manuscripts and India's literary and intellectual history. Contributors include: G. Colas, A.A. Esposito, M. Fujii, C. Galewicz, J.E.M. Houben, H. Moser, P. Perumal, K. Plofker, S. Rath, S.R. Sarma, D. Wujastyk, K.G. Zysk

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Indological Library, 40
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	June 2012
Volume editors:	Saraju Rath
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-21900-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Promotions
LSN:	90-04-21900-5
Barcode:	9789004219007

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