[INDOLOGY] Warder Sanskrit Reader

Tue Jun 20 21:59:49 UTC 2017

Dear Ajay,

     Please send these scans to me as well.  Thanks.

Madhav Deshpande

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Ajay Rao via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Antonia, James, and Antonio,
>
> We actually have two copies here at the University of Toronto. I am so
> sorry to hear about your difficulties in procuring Warder's reader. I am
> happy to scan all three volumes and will send them to you.
>
> Yours,
>
> Ajay Rao
> University of Toronto
> ------------------------------
> *From:* INDOLOGY [indology-bounces at list.indology.info] on behalf of
> Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY [indology at list.indology.info]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:47 AM
> *To:* Antonio Ferreira-Jardim; David and Nancy Reigle
> *Cc:* indology at list.indology.info
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Warder Sanskrit Reader
>
> Dear all,
>
> What I did was get in touch with the East Asia Department at the U of
> Toronto (who officially are the publishers of the reader), and they
> suggested that I formulate my request as a job ad that they could then pass
> on to their grad students. As far as I know, the ad has not been passed on
> yet (I sent it to the administrator last night), so David, if it isn't too
> much of a hassle for you, could you scan your copies of vol. 2 and 3? That
> way I can save the fees that would arise if I was to pay someone in Canada.
> Still, if the scanning were to be a major effort, just say so - that way,
> we'd at least feed a grad student:-).
>
> All best,
> Antonia
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 at 14:38, Antonio Ferreira-Jardim <
> antonio.jardim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear David,
>>
>> That's fantastic! I wasn't aware that a third volume was even produced -
>> let alone a devanagari volume! I don't think any of the OPAC catalogues
>> record this information!! The photos I have of the Notes tome must be from
>> Volume 3!!
>>
>> I will scan Volume 1 and send it through to Antonia, James & yourself
>> later this week. Together we should be able to put together a complete
>> edition available in an open, accessible place very soon!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Antonio
>>
>> On 20 Jun. 2017 11:29 pm, "David and Nancy Reigle" <dnreigle at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I have a full set of A. K. Warder's *Sanskrit Prose Reader*, three
>>> volumes, that I got from a used book dealer some years ago. If Antonia's
>>> request to the University of Toronto library fails, I will join Antonio in
>>> scanning these volumes and making them available. Volume 1 is selections in
>>> roman script (typewriter), volume 2 is selections in devanagari script
>>> (typewriter), and volume 3 is vocabulary.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> David Reigle
>>> Colorado, U.S.A.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 6:40 AM, Antonio Ferreira-Jardim via INDOLOGY <
>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Antonia and James,
>>>>
>>>> A number of years ago I tried to obtain Volume 2 of the Reader (the
>>>> Notes Volume) from UoT on Interlibrary loan and was denied. I emailed
>>>> scholarly lists and academics at UoT trying to try to obtain a copy and was
>>>> given multiple assurances that copies were available and would be willingly
>>>> provided - again without success. Eventually I contacted the UoT library
>>>> directly and offered to buy one of their 10 spare copies so I could scan it
>>>> and put it on Archive.ORG. For my trouble I received an astonishing email
>>>> from an academic administrator informing me that I was soliciting copyright
>>>> breach and that the appropriate thing to do would be to attend the UoT
>>>> library personally and use the material there. Living in Australia makes
>>>> this rather... difficult...
>>>>
>>>> Long story short, I own a copy of Volume One and have seen
>>>> photographs(!) of Volume Two. I would be very happy to provide a high
>>>> resolution pdf of Volume One but would be eternally grateful if someone
>>>> else could obtain Volume Two. We could then put the material on Archive.ORG
>>>> for the benefit of all Sanskrit scholars!
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Antonio
>>>> UQ
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Jun. 2017 9:46 pm, "Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY" <
>>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear James, dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am likely to get a pdf from Toronto (according to WorldCat, their
>>>>> university libraries are the only ones to have copies). However, if someone
>>>>> on the list already has a scan of some kind and would be willing to share
>>>>> that, I would be most grateful for a copy! (If not, I will mail you (and
>>>>> anyone else who is interested) the pdf if/as soon as I get it from Toronto.)
>>>>>
>>>>> All best,
>>>>>    Antonia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 June 2017 at 12:19, James Hegarty via INDOLOGY <
>>>>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was intrigued to hear of a Sanskrit reader by Warder in a recent
>>>>>> thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have since sought to obtain it via inter-library loans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been told there are NO COPIES available in the U.K.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have any advice as to how to obtain a copy?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James Hegarty
>>>>>> Cardiff University
>>>>>>
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