Title Sons of Sarasvatī : late exemplars of the Indian intellectual tradition / translated, edited, and with an introduction by Chinya V. Ravishankar ; original texts by Cāmarājanagara Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri and Maisūru Sūryanārayaṇabhaṭṭa Puṭṭaṇṇa

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Biography of Sōsale Garaḷapurī Śāstri -- Biography of Cāmarājanagara Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri -- Biography of Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri Summary "Traditional Indian pāṇḍitya (scholarship) has a long and distinguished history, but is now practically extinct. Its decline is remarkably recent--traditional pāṇḍitya flourished as recently as 150 years ago. The decline is also paradoxical, having occurred precipitously following a broad and remarkable flowering of the tradition between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The important questions this decline poses are the subject of much ongoing work. The intellectual history of the period is still under construction, and the present book represents a major contribution to the edifice. A notable impediment has been the lack of critical biographies of significant thinkers in this tradition. The importance of personal and social context for reconstructing intellectual histories is widely understood. In the classical Indian intellectual tradition, however, authors systematically exclude such context, making intellectual biography something of a rarity--very rare in English and sparse even in the regional languages. This book contains translations from the original Kannaḍa of the biographies of Garaḷapurī Śāstri, Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri, and Kuṇigala Rāmaśāstri of nineteenth-century Mysore, all representing the highest echelons of traditional pāṇḍitya at this critical period of transition. Their fields are literature, grammar, and logic, respectively. The biographies focus on the personal lives of these scholars and their many contexts. These biographies are almost contemporaneous accounts, reflecting first-hand knowledge. The translations are accompanied by copious footnotes as well as appendices drawn from the relevant primary sources"-- Provided by publisher Notes "Copublication with Permanent Black." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Includes passages in Kannada (Roman) Print version record Subject Garaḷapurī Śāstri, Sōsale, 1822-1877. Śrīkaṇṭha Śāstri, Cāmarājanagara, 1833-1917. Rāmaśāstri, Kuṇigala, active 19th century. SUBJECT Rāmaśāstri, Kuṇigala, active 19th century fast Subject Scholars -- India -- Mysore -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. Intellectual life Scholars SUBJECT Mysore (India) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Subject India -- Mysore Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book Author Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstri, Cāmarājanagara, 1888-1945, translator. Puṭṭaṇṇa, Em. Es., 1854-1930, translator. ISBN 9781438471853 1438471858

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