Please note that in this article, Gurevitch cites the first explicit statement against plagiarism from a 10th century work by Somadeva Suri. That is fairly late in the history of Sanskrit literature. Does this suggest that for thousands of years before, attitudes were different?

Howard

On Jul 25, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Dr. Debabrata Chakrabarti <dchakra@hotmail.de> wrote:


WAR ABOUT WORDS

Read the Sanskrit texts: Why both Rajiv Malhotra and his critics are wrong about plagiarism

The West doesn't have a copyright on proper attribution. Here's what Sanskrit commentators and anthologists have to say on the subject.
 





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