Of Gods and Books: Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India 9783110478815, 9783110477726

Of Gods and Books: Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India 9783110478815, 9783110477726, 9783110477764

India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing si

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The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India 9780520932029

In this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's

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Cultures in Contact: Central Asia As Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission 3447118806, 9783447118804

Central Asia is a vast region separating and at the same time connecting the civilizations of the Near East, East Asia a

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The Transmission of Knowledge 1108472621, 9781108472623

How do we transmit or distribute knowledge, as distinct from generating or producing it? In this book John Greco examine

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Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan 9004368191, 9789004368194

Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of r

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Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India 9780231883122

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Cultures of Servitude: Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India 9780804771092

Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced,

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Religious Women in Early Carolingian Francia: A Study of Manuscript Transmission and Monastic Culture 9780823256907

This study of the intellectual culture of the women’s monasteries of the Main Valley during the eighth century, based on

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The Arts and Crafts of Literacy: Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa 9783110541441, 9783110541403

During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa h

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The Arts and Crafts of Literacy: Islamic Manuscript Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa 9783110541441, 9783110541403

During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa h

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