[INDOLOGY] New book announcement - The Viṣṇu Purāṇa: Ancient Annals of the God with Lotus Eyes

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Congratulations!  And thank you for the invisible negotiations that have
made free sharing possible for your volume.

Best,
Dominik

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 18:16, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Congratulations, McComas. Thanks for sharing this link.
>
> Madhav
>
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
>
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:28 PM McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> I am delighted to announce that my translation of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa has
>> been published today.  Even better news is that is open access and can be
>> downloaded free from the publisher's website:
>>
>> http://doi.org/10.22459/VP.2021
>>
>> This is the first complete English translation since HH Wilson's volumes
>> of 1840. The great bulk of my translation is in blank verse. This is my
>> attempt to honour the musicality and sonics of the śloka meter in which
>> most of the VP was composed.
>>
>> As a readily accessible source for many important and memorable
>> narratives of the Hindu tradition, I'm sure it will be useful for
>> colleagues teaching courses on Hinduism or Religions more broadly.
>>
>> Thanks to all those kind folk, too numerous to name, who have offered
>> support and encouragement over the past six years.
>>
>> I sincerely hope that you enjoy the Ancient Annals.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> McComas
>>
>>
>>
>> *McComas Taylor*
>> Associate Professor
>> Reader in Sanskrit
>> College of Asia and the Pacific
>> The Australian National University
>> WSC Website <http://www.wsc2021.com.au>| McC Website
>> <https://sites.google.com/site/mccomasanu/>
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