Sanskrit: An Appreciation Without Apprehension - Softcover

Bharat S. Shah MD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096236746X ISBN 13: 9780962367465

Publisher: Setubandh Publications, 2005

Synopsis

A stepwise simple introduction to this delightful ancient and very much alive language of Indian scriptures, classic literature, and philosophy. Nothing to memorize, but you would want to!

About this title

About the Author:

Bharat S. Shah is a medical doctor practicing in New York. He has been interested and actively involved in building bridges across cultures, religions, and languages. He has published several books for classroom teaching or for self-study of Asian Indian languages e.g., Gujarati, Sanskrit, English, and the Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit languages). He has also published a simple, introductory text on Jainism, an ancient religion emphasizing extreme non-violence, respect for the environment, and social equality. Dr. Shah has been widely published in medical and lay media, and he has given several lectures, interviews, and crash courses on various alphabets. He has authored an autobiographical docu-novel based on his wife's liver transplant. He has been a secreatry and then the president of the Gujarati Literary Academy of North America. He enjoys presenting an extremely complex subject matter in a simple and humorous manner.

About this edition

• Publisher: Setubandh Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 096236746X
• ISBN 13: 9780962367465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290