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Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
Reprint of the second (1939) edition of the work that is still the
standard source-book of the Anglo-Indian language.
'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of
kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and
discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick
scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it
documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic,
Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by
Salman Rushdie as 'the legendary dictionary of British India' it
shows how words of Indian origin were absorbed into the English
language and records not only the vocabulary but the culture of the
Raj. Illustrative quotations from a wide range of travel texts,
histories, memoirs, and novels create a canon of English writing
about India. The definitions frequently slip into anecdote,
reminiscence, and digression, and they offer intriguing insights
into Victorian attitudes to India and its people and customs. With
its delight in language, etymology, and puns, Hobson-Jobson has
fascinated generations of writers from Rudyard Kipling to Tom
Stoppard and Amitav Ghosh. This selected edition retains the range
and idiosyncrasy of the original, and includes fascinating
information on the glossary's creation and its significance for the
English language. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Published in 1874, this groundbreaking monograph on the
palaeography of southern India gained great scholarly acclaim.
Arthur Coke Burnell (1840 82) served in the Indian Civil Service
and as a judge, also building up a large collection of original or
copied Sanskrit manuscripts. Originally intended as an introduction
to his vast and pioneering Classified Index to the Sanskrit
Manuscripts in the Palace at Tanjore (1880), this work won Burnell
an honorary doctorate at the University of Strasbourg. Replete with
documentary evidence, it contains copies and explanations of
numerous texts, the decipherment of which threw new light upon an
obscure chapter in the history of writing, offering new theories
for dating the introduction of writing into India and the origin of
southern Indian alphabets and numerals. Although Burnell's work has
since been built on and sometimes superseded, this is still a
much-cited resource in South Asian palaeography and epigraphy.
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