Text to Tradition

The Naisadhiyacarita and Literary Community in South Asia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Written in the twelfth century, the Naisadhiyacarita (The Adventures of Nala, King of Nisadha) is a seminal Sanskrit poem beloved by South Asian literary communities for nearly a millennium. This volume introduces readers to the poem's author, his reading communities, the modes through which the poem has been read and used, the contexts through which it became canonical, its literary offspring, and the emotional power it still holds for the culture that values it. Text to Tradition privileges the intellectual, affective, and social forms of cultural practice that inform a region's people and institutions. It also proposes a new way to conduct literary historiography, understanding literary texts as "traditions" in their own right and emphasizing the various players and critical genres involved in their reception. The book underscores the importance of the close study of individual works to building a history of literary cultures. In addition, it creates a groundbreaking model for approaching the study of other venerated South Asian texts.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-07
Mått152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt536 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSouth Asia Across the Disciplines
Antal sidor280
FörlagColumbia University Press
ISBN9780231166805

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Naisadhiya's Aesthetic 2. Eight Centuries of Commentary 3. The Naisadhiya Interpreted and Overinterpreted 4. Struggles Over the Text 5. Secondary Waves of Reading 6. Legends of the Naisadhiya 7. The Tradition Expands to the Regions Conclusion Appendix 1: Sanskrit Text of Citations from Commentaries and Narratives Appendix 2: Encomia (prasasti) to Sriharsa and the Naisadhiya Notes Bibliography Index

A treasure trove for Sanskritists... Text to Tradition opens new doors to thinking about the afterlives of literature in South Asia and about the communities of readers and their interpretive interventions that have shaped and defined Sanskrit intellectual culture. -- Luther Obrock Journal of the American Oriental Society A wonderful monograph... extremely readable. New Books Asia [Patel's] interpretive ability is rare among scholars of Sanskrit poetry and rarer still among students of Sanskrit commentary. Patel has produced a rich set of tools to analyze premodern texts and their literary traditions. International Journal of Hindu Studies