01695nam a22002537a 4500 20251009154752.0 251009b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789365235432 Purchased Prism Books, Kadavanthra English 491.2 DEV/LA Devy, G N LANGUAGE OF IMMORTALS : Concise History of Sanskrit 1 New Delhi Aleph Book Company 2025 84 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. 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. This concise yet profound work reimagines what it means for a language to live on—long after it has ceased to be spoken. Language  Other languages  East Indo-European and Celtic languages  Sanskrit LEN ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN GEN 2025-10-07 Purchased 399.00 KC-25-CRB-3590,2025/09/30 1 491.2 DEV/LA E1102039 2025-10-22 11:28:46 2025-10-18 2025-10-07 LEN 196566 196566