Sanskrit Studies

Essays

How Western Indology Misread Sanskrit: The Colonial Distortion of Bhartṛhari

How Western Indology Misread Sanskrit: The Colonial Distortion of Bhartṛhari

Tracing the journey of Bhartṛhari from a living darśana to a colonial artifact—and the urgent imperative to reclaim the Sanskrit tradition from within.

Indology will not Flourish Hereafter in War-worn Europe: P.V. Kane’s Prophecy

Indology will not Flourish Hereafter in War-worn Europe: P.V. Kane’s Prophecy

Way back in 1946, P.V. Kane unerringly prophesied that Indology and Sanskrit studies will soon decline and disappear in Europe itself and that it was now the responsibility of Indian scholars to take this endeavour forward.