[INDOLOGY] Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit / A. M. Ruppel

[Antonia Ruppel]

Dear all,

I really should check my Indology mails more often.

Dominik, thank you for asking about my textbook. It has indeed not come out
yet due to problems with the publisher, who went through 'a process of
internal restructuring' that began soon after I submitted the typescript in
May 2015. And yes, it is currently meant to be published in March.

I will make pdfs of the first few chapters available on the book website (
www.cambridge-sanskrit.org) as soon as the proofs have been finalised
(hopefully this coming week or the week after). If anyone has any questions
whatsoever, please do email me.

Inspection copies can be ordered here: http://www.cambridge.
org/gb/academic/subjects/religion/buddhism-and-eastern-religions/cambridge-
introduction-sanskrit?format=PB

All the best,
    Antonia


On 19 January 2017 at 13:11, Elliot Stern via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Thanks to Tim Lubin and Antonio Ferreira-Jardim for identifying Antonia
> Ruppel and dissolving my suspicion.
>
> Elliot M. Stern
> 552 South 48th Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029
> United States of America
> telephone: 215-747-6204 <(215)%20747-6204>
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> emstern at verizon.net
>
> On 18 Jan  2017, at 22:13, Lubin, Tim <LubinT at wlu.edu> wrote:
>
> Good grief, there is no need for suspicion!  Until 2014, Dr. Antonia
> Ruppel was senior lecturer in the Classics Dept. at Cornell; she is now
> with the St. James School.  The "Cambridge connection” is Cambridge
> University Press, which is publishing the book.
> See: https://independent.academia.edu/AntoniaRuppel
>
> Due to a delay in the appearance of her volume, Antonia allowed me to use
> chapters from her manuscript for my elementary Sanskrit students this past
> fall.  I would say the book has a number of fine merits.  For my tastes,
> *sandhi* is introduced at too leisurely a pace, but I expect that many
> teachers will find it suits their students.  Certainly everything is very
> clearly explained.  Apart from the sentences devised for practicing new
> grammar point, the other readings consist of stanza (lightly modified at
> first) drawn from works like the Pañcatantra.  These would benefit from a
> bit more context, which could be provided by the instructor (I suggest
> having the students read the relevant tale in translation) or perhaps on
> the companion website.
>
> I have only used it for one term so far, but it seems quite promising to
> me.  Dr. Ruppel is to be congratulated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tim
>
> Timothy Lubin
> Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law
> Chair of the Department of Religion
> Washington and Lee University
> Lexington, Virginia 24450
>
> http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint
> http://wlu.academia.edu/TimothyLubin
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=930949
> ḷ
>
>
> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of Elliot
> Stern via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> Reply-To: Elliot Stern <emstern at verizon.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 9:53 PM
> To: Indology Indology listserve <indology at list.indology.info>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit / A. M. Ruppel
>
> Yes,  but I am a bit suspicious about it.  For example, the website does
> not reveal who A.M Ruppel is, what her (or his) credentials are, etc. Do
> you know? Also what is the Cambridge connection?
>
> Elliot M. Stern
> 552 South 48th Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029
> United States of America
> telephone: 215-747-6204 <(215)%20747-6204>
> mobile: 267-240-8418 <(267)%20240-8418>
> emstern at verizon.net
>
> On 18 Jan  2017, at 13:58, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> This book comes out in March this year, but there are already videos
> <http://cambridge-sanskrit.org/video-resources/> at Youtube to support
> the course, and a lot of other pedagogical materials at a dedicated
> website <http://cambridge-sanskrit.org/>.  I haven't seen the book yet,
> but this all looks promising.  The book is priced reasonably.
>
> Has anyone else had a chance to evaluate the book yet?
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>
> ​
> --
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> ​,​
>
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> ​,​
>
> Department of History and Classics
> <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
> ​,​
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