Ramayana and "vernacular" Sanskrit

[Jan E.M. Houben]

In general Prof. Salomon's contributions on
vernacular sanskrit are of the greatest value but
they may not necessarily apply equally to all
"pre-" or "un-classical" works, especially in
view of the linguistic continuum of high standard
language (Sanskrit) and numerous degrees of
approximation apparently existing side by side
throughout the history of Sanskrit. Cf. some of
my observations in my "Socio-linguistic attitudes
reflected in the work of Bhart.rhari and later
Grammarians." In: Ideology and Status of Sanskrit
(ed. J. Houben): 157-193. Leiden: E.J. Brill,
1996. 
JH

--- Richard Salomon <rsalomon at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
wrote:

> I discussed some of these issues (in response
> to van Daalen) in "The 
> Original Language of the Ramayana", WZKS 29,
> 1985, 57-68.
> 
> Richard Salomon
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "oliver fallon" <opfallon at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: Ramayana
> 
> 
> > There are some excellent studies of the
> language of the Ramayana:
> >
> > Oberlies, T. 2003 'Grammar of Epic Sanskrit'.
> Indian Philology and South 
> > Asian Studies, vol. 5.Berlin/New York, Walter
> de Gruyter.
> >
> > Satya Vrat. 1964 The Ramayana - a Linguistic
> Study. Delhi, Munshiram 
> > Manoharlal.
> >
> > Michelson 1904 Linguistic Archaisms of the
> Ramayana. Journal of the 
> > American Oriental Society 25: pp89-145
> >
> > I hope these help.
> > Oliver Fallon
> > SOAS/St James School
> >
> >
> > Dear collegues
> > Any body can suggest some books or articles
> on Linguistic study of
> > Ramayana. Thanks in advance
> > Jaganadh.G
> > University of Kerala
> > Thiruvananthapuram.
> >
> >
> >
>
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Jan E.M. Houben,
Directeur d'Etudes,
Sources et Histoire de la Tradition Sanskrite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes,
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