40. Caley Smith | The World of Vedic Sanskrit

In this episode we speak with Caley Smith about the ancient and
fascinating world of Vedic Sanskrit. We discuss some theories and
debates about the origins of Sanskrit, its relationship with
other Indo-European languages, the nature and scope of the Vedas,
Vedic notions of authorship, comparisons between Classical
Sanskrit and Vedic, the importance of orality, and much
more.  We conclude the conversation with a  preview of
Smith's upcoming online course, SKT 303 | Vedic Sanskrit.

Speaker Bio
Dr. Caley Smith is a scholar of early South Asian
religious history and political imagination. His work focuses
primarily on the conceptual continuities and disruptions between
the Vedas and emergent ascetic and householder traditions. He is
taking a new position this August as the S&R Palvia Endowed
Veetraag Vigyaan Professor in Jain Studies at Georgia College and
State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. His current book
project, The Invisible Mask, explores the ritual impersonation of
the god Indra its influence on the impersonation-recitation
traditions of early Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.



Links


SKT 303 | Vedic Sanskrit

https://harvard.academia.edu/CaleyCharlesSmith