[INDOLOGY] New Publication

[Madhav Deshpande]

Congratulations, Aleksandar. Eager to read your book. Best wishes,

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 Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM Jesse Knutson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Big congratulations Aleksandar! This looks like a major contribution. I
> can’t wait to read it.
>
>
> Jesse Knutson PhD
> Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature
> Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
> University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
> 461 Spalding
>
> It is creative apperception more than anything else that makes the
> individual feel that life is worth living. Contrasted with this is a
> relationship to external reality which is one of compliance, the world and
> its details being recognized but only as something to be fitted in with or
> demanding adaptation. Compliance carries with it a sense of futility for
> the individual and is associated with the idea that nothing matters and
> that life is not worth living. In a tantalizing way many individuals have
> experienced just enough creative living to recognize that for most of their
> time they are living uncreatively, as if caught up in the creativity of
> someone else, or of a machine.--Donald Winnicott, *Playing and Reality*
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM Uskokov, Aleksandar via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues and friends,
>>
>> With apologies for cross-posting, I am happy to share that my book
>> “Deciphering the Hidden Meaning: Language and the Highest Good in Early
>> Advaita Vedānta” has been published by OUP in open access (the hardbound
>> volume to follow in a month or two). Hopefully the title is sufficiently
>> informative of the topic, but *here*
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://global.oup.com/academic/product/deciphering-the-hidden-meaning-9780197861493?cc=gb&lang=en__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!WXRRgC_k8xO77tLBcIXL34uRXXvgcJPYBaLXZ-VSIhm51vXAvnEm77qZdKNCH9D_EQBAOz2UtKZIfQajFfmwKasBSp4S$>
>> is the webpage with more information. The pdf is available *here*
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/openaccess/9780197861493.pdf__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!WXRRgC_k8xO77tLBcIXL34uRXXvgcJPYBaLXZ-VSIhm51vXAvnEm77qZdKNCH9D_EQBAOz2UtKZIfQajFfmwKc_t2xtw$>
>> .
>>
>> The book is published as part of the *Rocher Indology Series*
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/r/rocher-indology-rocind/?lang=en&cc=gb__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!WXRRgC_k8xO77tLBcIXL34uRXXvgcJPYBaLXZ-VSIhm51vXAvnEm77qZdKNCH9D_EQBAOz2UtKZIfQajFfmwKax10C5d$>,
>> edited by Patrick Olivelle. I wish to thank here the Rocher Foundation for
>> including the book in the series and supporting financially its
>> availability in open access, and to Professor Olivelle for seeing the
>> volume through publication.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Aleksandar
>>
>> Aleksandar Uskokov
>>
>> Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar
>>
>> South Asian Studies Council, MacMillan Center, Yale University
>>
>> DUS: South Asian Studies
>>
>> Associate Editor: Journal of Indian Philosophy (Springer)
>> Deciphering the Hidden Meaning: Language and the Highest Good in Early
>> Advaita Vedānta
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>>
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