Language of the Snakes

Language of the Snakes traces the history of the Prakrit language as a literary phenomenon, starting from its cultivation in courts of the Deccan in the first centuries of the common era. Although little studied today, Prakrit was an important vector of the kāvya movement and once joined Sanskrit at...

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Main Author:	Ollett, Andrew
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of California Press 2021
Subjects:	History General Asia thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history
Online Access:	OCN: 984512218
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