South Asia Studies
Associate Professor
Williams Hall 814
215-898-7475
215-573-2138
Education
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
B.A. Columbia University
Research Interests
Sanskrit language and literature (belles-lettres, epics, and drama); grammar and linguistics; Indian philosophy and intellectual history; Pali, Prakrit, Hindi and Gujarati language and literature; translation theory.
Selected Publications
Text to Tradition: The Naiṣadhīyacarita and Literary Community in South Asia. Columbia University Press, 2014.
Interview with Critical Margins:
Āndhraśabdacintāmaṇi: A Grammar of Telugu Language in Sanskrit [co-authored with R.V.S. Sundaram], Central Institute of Indian Languages, 2016.
Kavirājamārgam: The Way of the King of Poets [co-authored with R.V.S. Sundaram], Jawarharlal Nehru University (Kannada Language Chair) and Manohar Publishers, 2017.
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Courses Taught
SAST 004 401 India's Literature: Love, War, Wisdom and Humor
SAST 006 401 Hindu Mythology
SAST 150 401 Introduction To Indian Philosophy
SAST 324 401 Sanskrit Literature and Poetry
SAST 334 401A Survey of Sanskrit, Pakrit,& Classical Tamil Literature in Translation
SAST 631 401A The Sanskrit Epics
SAST 713 401 Literary Theory, Aesthetics, and Comparative Literature in South Asia
SKRT 460 001 Sanskrit: 1st Year
SAST 480 301 Readings in Sanskrit Literature
