Word: sanskrit
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...think what marks him as a man as opposed to a scholar is that he grew up... surrounded, on the immediate stage, by Bengali poets, Sanskrit scholars and classical Indian dancers and, on the wider stage, by poverty and famine," wrote Martha Chen, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government and a close personal friend...
...Former Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department Chair Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls '36, who taught at Harvard for 35 years, died July 17 of heart failure in Hot Springs...
Selections from Harvard's diverse religious traditions follow, with seniors reading from the Bible in Hebrew, the Upanishads in Sanskrit, the Koran in Arabic and the New Testament in English...
Then Diana L. Eck, professor of Comparative Religion and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, proposed the motion yesterday, lauding its importance for the community...
...survival of Hindu traditions has been imperiled for centuries, first by Muslim invaders and then by British imperialism. But both were minor nuisances next to the colossus of Western--which is mainly to say American--culture. "My friends are enthralled by the West," Narayan complains. He believes Sanskrit is the way to lure them back. He frequently holds 10-day workshops throughout India, teaching people spoken Sanskrit. When he visits his boyhood village, his father watches him instruct local youngsters. "I think he feels bad because I am not making much money," says Narayan. "But he is proud because...