Deven M. Patel is an assistant professor of Sanskrit languages and the literatures of South Asia at the University of Pennsylvania. He writes on literary history, the formation of literary communities, and the broader significance of literature and exegesis as cultural practice in South Asia.

A treasure trove for Sanskritists... Text to Tradition opens new doors to thinking about the afterlives of literature in South Asia and about the communities of readers and their interpretive interventions that have shaped and defined Sanskrit intellectual culture. -- Luther Obrock Journal of the American Oriental Society A wonderful monograph... extremely readable. New Books Asia [Patel's] interpretive ability is rare among scholars of Sanskrit poetry and rarer still among students of Sanskrit commentary. Patel has produced a rich set of tools to analyze premodern texts and their literary traditions. International Journal of Hindu Studies

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Naisadhiya's Aesthetic 2. Eight Centuries of Commentary 3. The Naisadhiya Interpreted and Overinterpreted 4. Struggles Over the Text 5. Secondary Waves of Reading 6. Legends of the Naisadhiya 7. The Tradition Expands to the Regions Conclusion Appendix 1: Sanskrit Text of Citations from Commentaries and Narratives Appendix 2: Encomia (prasasti) to Sriharsa and the Naisadhiya Notes Bibliography Index

Deven M. Patel is an assistant professor of Sanskrit languages and the literatures of South Asia at the University of Pennsylvania. He writes on literary history, the formation of literary communities, and the broader significance of literature and exegesis as cultural practice in South Asia.

A treasure trove for Sanskritists... Text to Tradition opens new doors to thinking about the afterlives of literature in South Asia and about the communities of readers and their interpretive interventions that have shaped and defined Sanskrit intellectual culture. -- Luther Obrock Journal of the American Oriental Society A wonderful monograph... extremely readable. New Books Asia [Patel's] interpretive ability is rare among scholars of Sanskrit poetry and rarer still among students of Sanskrit commentary. Patel has produced a rich set of tools to analyze premodern texts and their literary traditions. International Journal of Hindu Studies

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Naisadhiya's Aesthetic 2. Eight Centuries of Commentary 3. The Naisadhiya Interpreted and Overinterpreted 4. Struggles Over the Text 5. Secondary Waves of Reading 6. Legends of the Naisadhiya 7. The Tradition Expands to the Regions Conclusion Appendix 1: Sanskrit Text of Citations from Commentaries and Narratives Appendix 2: Encomia (prasasti) to Sriharsa and the Naisadhiya Notes Bibliography Index

Deven M. Patel is an assistant professor of Sanskrit languages and the literatures of South Asia at the University of Pennsylvania. He writes on literary history, the formation of literary communities, and the broader significance of literature and exegesis as cultural practice in South Asia.

A treasure trove for Sanskritists... Text to Tradition opens new doors to thinking about the afterlives of literature in South Asia and about the communities of readers and their interpretive interventions that have shaped and defined Sanskrit intellectual culture. -- Luther Obrock Journal of the American Oriental Society A wonderful monograph... extremely readable. New Books Asia [Patel's] interpretive ability is rare among scholars of Sanskrit poetry and rarer still among students of Sanskrit commentary. Patel has produced a rich set of tools to analyze premodern texts and their literary traditions. International Journal of Hindu Studies

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Naisadhiya's Aesthetic 2. Eight Centuries of Commentary 3. The Naisadhiya Interpreted and Overinterpreted 4. Struggles Over the Text 5. Secondary Waves of Reading 6. Legends of the Naisadhiya 7. The Tradition Expands to the Regions Conclusion Appendix 1: Sanskrit Text of Citations from Commentaries and Narratives Appendix 2: Encomia (prasasti) to Sriharsa and the Naisadhiya Notes Bibliography Index