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Well written article, am curious to learn more about Bhartihari now. Criticism: the title of the book is “Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Clas
by yumraj 2y ago
Well written article, am curious to learn more about Bhartihari now.
Criticism: the title of the book is “Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India” yet the author of the article tries to shove South Asia everywhere.
- mncharity 2y agoFwiw, > Sanskrit's celebrated lexicon, the sheer enormity and precision of its vocabulary, together with the scope and centrality of its literatures and intellectual systems in aesthetics, philosophy, politics, medicine, and religion across southern Asia for millennia, put it at the center of the Treasury. [copied from book Introduction, p16]