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LANGUAGE OF IMMORTALS (Record no. 196566)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789365235432
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Terms of availability Purchased
Note Prism Books, Kadavanthra
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 491.2
Item number DEV/LA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Devy, G N
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title LANGUAGE OF IMMORTALS
Remainder of title : Concise History of Sanskrit
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Aleph Book Company
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Size of unit 84
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note <br/>Sanskrit has long been celebrated as one of the building blocks of Indian civilization, and is venerated in temples, scriptures, and classical literature. In Language of the Immortals, renowned scholar and critic G. N. Devy uncovers the astounding paradox of Sanskrit—an ancient language that shaped Indian thought, philosophy, and identity for millennia, yet was never truly a language of the people.<br/><br/>With rigorous scholarship, Devy dismantles enduring myths and offers a revealing commentary on Sanskrit’s historical and cultural trajectory. He shows how it achieved unsurpassed prestige not through conquest or commerce, but sheer intellectual brilliance. He explores the way in which Sanskrit shaped intellectual life across centuries, influenced cultures beyond India, and maintained its prestige through the oral tradition and spiritual symbolism rather than the patronage of the state.<br/><br/>This concise yet profound work reimagines what it means for a language to live on—long after it has ceased to be spoken.<br/>
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Language 
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Other languages 
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element East Indo-European and Celtic languages 
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sanskrit
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Koha item type Lending
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Inventory number Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last checked out Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Ernakulam Public Library Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks 2025-10-07 Purchased 399.00 KC-25-CRB-3590,2025/09/30 1 491.2 DEV/LA E1102039 2025-10-22 2025-10-18 2025-10-07 Lending