A convincing argument for the modern significance of Sanskrit literature. Sanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal the fragility, ambivalence, and tension that mark the canonical texts.
- ISBN10 1299921752
- ISBN13 9781299921757
- Publish Date 1 January 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Minnesota Press
- Pages 228
- Language English