Namaste! Although not about Sanskrit literature,
A. R. Venkatachalapthy. 2012. *The Province Of The Book: **Scholars,Scribes and Scribblers in Colonial Tamilnadu*. Permanent Black. https://www.permanentblack.com/product-page/the-province-of-the-book https://www.amazon.com/dp/8178243318 David Shulman. 2016. *Tamil: A Biography*. Belknap Press. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674059924 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674059921/ may provide helpful points of comparison. Cheers! On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear colleagues > > What has been written about the materiality of texts and textual > production in the realm of Sanskrit literature? I am interested to find out > about the ways in which 'books' as physical artefacts and writing as a > practical process are addressed in Sanskrit literature. There is plenty on > the history of writing and epigraphy, but I have not yet been able to find > much on 'the book' etc - I would be very grateful for any references. > > Thanks in advance, > > McComas > > > > *McComas Taylor, *Professor of Sanskrit > College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University > Secretary-General, International Assoc. of Sanskrit Studies > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > ========================================= Dr. J. M. Fritzman, Associate Professor [email protected] Department of Philosophy Lewis & Clark College 615 South Palatine Hill Road Portland Oregon 97219-8091 USA https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/fritzman/ https://lclark.academia.edu/JMFritzman https://zoom.us/j/3469350737 =========================================
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