TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patel,Deven M.
AU  - Patel, Deven M.
TI  - Text to Tradition: :the Naişadhīyacarita and literary community in South Asia
T2  - South Asia Across the Disciplines
SN  - 9780231166805 
U1  - 891.21 PAT 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  -  : Columbia University Press
KW  - Literatures
KW  - Other literatures
KW  - East Indo-European and Celtic literatures
KW  - Sanskrit poetry -- History and criticism
KW  - Poésie sanscrite -- Histoire et critique
KW  - Literary Ceriticism -- Poetry
KW  - Poetry - Asia
KW  - Sanskrit poetry
N1  - 	Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Naisadhīya's Aesthetic; 2. Eight Centuries of Commentary; 3. The Naisadhīya Interpreted and Overinterpreted; 4. Struggles Over the Text; 5. Secondary Waves of Reading; 6. Legends of the Naisadhīya; 7. The Tradition Expands to the Regions; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Sanskrit Text of Citations from Commentaries and Narratives; Appendix 2: Encomia (Praśasti) to Śrīharsa and the Naisadhīya; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Series List
N2  - 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. The study privileges the intellectual, affective, and social forms of cultural practice informing a region's people and instit
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