Word: sanskrit
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...graduate student relates the story of an attack Witzel made over the Indology Net-an e-mail subscription group that discusses Sanskrit studies-against a professor at the University of Chicago...
...Wednesday, departments planning to attend are: English and American Literature and Language, Folklore and Mythology, German, History, Linguistics, Literature, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Romance Languages and Literature, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Slavic Languages and Literature, Sociology and Visual and Environmental Studies...
Thakur said he was inspired to start this conference after he first presented this issue at the World Sanskrit Conference held in Melbourne, Australia...
Michael E.J. Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit in the Committee of South Asian Studies at the College, helped organize the conference this weekend...
Even if the treaty eventually goes into effect, the neem-seed case will remain a murky one. The neem tree is indeed part of India's historic pharmacopoeia; it is known in Sanskrit as sarva roga nivarini, "the curer of all ailments." Its branches, leaves and seeds are used to treat, among other things, leprosy, diabetes, ulcers, skin disorders and constipation. The seeds' pesticidal powers, exploited by farmers for centuries, have been studied by scientists for at least 50 years...