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Envisioning Voice and the Aphasic Ears: Of Sanskrit Reflective Traditions Today

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This book explores the possibility of using Sanskrit as a basis for rethinking human thought and reflection, challenging the dominance of European intellectual traditions. Sanskrit, with its vast historical spread across Central, South, and Southeast Asia, as well as Europe, offers a unique reflective idiom that contrasts with the European conceptual frameworks that still dominate contemporary thinking in areas such as language, art, reason, justice, and politics. The book argues that European thinkers, despite acknowledging a shared linguistic root with Sanskrit (Indo-European), have followed a very different intellectual path, one that has historically been violent and continues to fuel contemporary conflicts. In contrast, Sanskrit's long history of coexistence with diverse languages, cultures, and polities offers alternative possibilities for understanding justice and coexistence in today's globalized world. By comparing the reflective traditions of Sanskrit with European philosophical and linguistic categories, the book seeks to demonstrate how Sanskrit offers a more inclusive, less confrontational model for engaging with the world. The book engages with Sanskrit texts, European philosophers, and language theorists to substantiate its claims. It argues that such a cross-cultural examination, which brings together the reflective traditions of both heritages, is necessary for a new kind of intellectual inquiry-one that moves beyond the entrenched paradigms of European thought and opens up new possibilities for coexistence and understanding.

Table of Contents:
Pre-Facing – Saying: vaachaarambhanam… Acknowledgements Part I Antardisha: Re-Turning Otherwise Chapter 1: Regarding Proximate Directional Hints Chapter 2: Mnemocultural affirmations: the Weave of Smritipatha Samskrutis Part II: Vaa(n)gma(a)ya: In-Essentials of Speech Chapter 3: Anaami Horizons: Intimations from the Ends of Sanskrit Reflective Traditions Chapter 4: Torsioned Ethos: In/Hospitable Sublations of Sanskrit Part III: Vaangmaya: (A)Para-digms of Poiesis Chapter 5: Literary Inquiries Across Cultures Chapter 6: Omphalos of Vaangmaya Part IV: Intimations of Silence Chapter 7: Comprehending Envisionment: Re-Viewing Sarvadarshansangraha Chapter 8: Lokations of Thinking Between the Pagan and European: Deconstructive Justice and Enduring Aporias Chapter 9: Mnemocultures of Silence: Some Anachronistic Soundings Chapter 10: Bruhat-disha: Interfacing Inquiries and Orienting Pathways Index About the Author

About the Author :
D. Venkat Rao teaches at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His recent work includes India, Europe and the Question of Cultural Difference (2021), Performative Reflections of Indian Traditions: Towards a Liveable Learning (2021), Critical Humanities from India: Contexts, Issues, Futures (2018) and Cultures of Memory in South Asia (2014), and others.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789361317835
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Of Sanskrit Reflective Traditions Today
  • ISBN-10: 9361317830
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 328


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