A dictionary of Kashmiri proverbs, by Omkar N. Koul, 2nd rev. edition

ISBN: 9788186323212, 818632321X

Tirumankai Alvar's Periya Tirumoli: Prayers of place, text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate

ISBN: 9788184702514, 8184702515

Tirumankai Alvar's eighth-century magnum opus, the Periya Tirumoli, consists of 1084 quatrains of Tamil verse which focus predominantly on sacred sites devoted to the god Visnu, depicting landscapes and temple towns with superb imagery, animation and almost tangible verisimilitude, affording the reader with the experience of a mental pilgrimage. This publication provides the full metrical Tamil...

Embedded languages: studies of Sri Lankan and Buddhist cultures; essays in honor of W. S. Karunatillake, ed. by Carol S. Anderson et al

ISBN: 9789553034151, 9553034152

This volume provides an indepth examination of the contributions of a teacher, mentor, and translator: Professor W.S Karunatillake. His approach is rooted in the study of language.

Hermeneutics of suspicion and framework for literary interpretation: studies in language, metaphor, time and narrtie

Tariq, Mohammad

ISBN: 9789355293299, 9355293291

The book adds a new dimension to Paul Ricoeur's Oeuvre.

Empire, nationalism and the postcolonial world: Rabindranath Tagore's writings on history, politics and society, foreword by Tapan Raychaudhuri

Collins, Michael

ISBN: 9780415593953, 0415593956

By presenting a new interpretation of Rabindranath Tagore's English language writings, this book places the work of India's greatest Noble Prize winner and cultural icon in the context of imperial history and thereby bridges the gap between Tagore studies and imperial/postcolonial historiography.

Encyclopaedia of Indian wisdom: Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri felicitation volume, (trilingual, English, Sanskrit, Hindi), 2 vols., ed. by Ramkaran Sharma

ISBN: 9788121701853, 8121701856

This volume contains articles from distinguished scholars in three languages-- Sanskrit, Hindi and English touching all fields of Indology.

Language and culture: essays in honour of Franson Manjali,

ISBN: 9789350028896, 9350028891

The problematic of language is one of the fascinating questions that contemporary philosophical discourses--as much as literary and cultural studies--are concerned with.

Bibi's room: Hyderabadi women and twentieth-century Urdu prose

Akhtar, Nazia

ISBN: 9789354420641, 9354420648

This book studies the lives and work of three women writers from Hyderabad who wrote in Urdu: Zeenath Sajida, Najma Nikhat, and Jeelani Bano. It addresses the absence of scholarship on Hyderabadi women writers in three ways: representative translations; short, nuanced biographies; and critical analyses of their oeuvres-all framed against twentieth-century Hyderabadi history, politics, culture, ...

Studies on Bodo-Garo languages and linguistics,

ISBN: 9789392038822, 9392038828

The book studies on Bodo-Garo Languages and Linguistics consists of 10 chapters and covers wide range of research topics related to phonology, morphology, syntax, language tytpology, historical linguistics, and language and media, from different language.

Meaning in Bhartrharis Vakyapadiya

Shukla, Ved Mitra

ISBN: 9788194622123, 8194622123

The study of grammar and linguistic philosophy had its origin in the Vedic period, at least in the second millennium BCE. The Vakyapadiya of Bhartrhari, an authoritative Sanskrit text written in the fifth century CE, contains reflections on the subject matter of language and grammar, thus the philosophy of language. Interpretation of communication is one of the principal objectives of Bhrtrhari...

Exploring Shakespeare: the dynamics of play-making

Viswanathan, S

ISBN: 9788125026631, 8125026630

The studies in this volume are by way of an enquiry into a variety of dramaturgical methods and processes, many of these not much attended to in criticism until now, that contribute to the theatrical dynamics of the Shakespeare plays. Together, the essays bring some idea of the multidimensional totality of theatre language and communication which Shakespeare achieves through a masterful orchest...

Forty-five years of Tibetan studies: an anthology of articles by Per Kvaerne

ISBN: 9788186227732, 8186227733

This volume contains a selection of eighteen articles, published between 1970 and 2013. A bibliography lists his published work in non-Nordic language up to 2015.

Foundations of logic and language: some philosophical issues in Indian logic

Datta, Srilekha et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788177644456, 8177644459

A fundamental dictionary of Balinese language and culture; B alinese-English-Hindi; forward by Sachchidanand Sahai

Phalgunadi, I Gusti Putu (1948- )

The journey of Hindi language journalism in India: from Raj to Swaraj and beyond

Pande, Mrinal

ISBN: 9789354422867, 9354422861

Generative phonology, ed. by Bina Srivastava

Srivastava, RN (1976-1992)

ISBN: 9788185163512, 8185163510

Generative pholology examines various issues of phonology from the perspective of the generative model of Hindi phonology related to Schwa deletion, semoi-vowel formation, nasal formation and nasalization etc.

Globalisation, diaspora and belonging: exploring transnationalism and Gujarati identity, ed. by Sharmina Mawani et al.

ISBN: 9788131606322, 8131606325

This collection focuses upon the experiences of the Gujaratis, highlighting the unique ways that globalisation, migration, language, culture and `othering' shape perceptions of belonging.

Grammar of old Tamil for students (in English and Tamil)

Wilden, Eva

ISBN: 9788184702279, 8184702272

This book presents a concise outline of the classical Tamil language for students with a focus on the literature of the first millennium, most notably that of the Cankam. It covers not only morphology but also syntax, an area which has long been neglected in Tamil studies.

Embedding subversion and gender identity: 'Ulti', the secret language of the Hijra-Koti community

Nandi, Enakshi

ISBN: 9788195639250, 8195639259

This book opens a window onto the world of the hijra-koti community in West Bengal, India.

A guide to the study of Pali: the language of Theravada Buddhism, 2nd edn.

Thera, Kakkapalliye Anuruddha

ISBN: 9789889929695, 9889929694

This work is designed as a new approach to the study of Pali, the language of Theravada Buddhism. It follows the method of introducing the language through the literature. For this purpose forty textual passages have been carefully selected from the Vinaya and Sutta texts. The appendix to this work provides a brief survey of the canonical literature of Theravada Buddhism.