Since the label “Sanskrit philosophy” is being used regularly by some of my colleagues who work on philosophy in the Indian subcontinent, I thought I’d write a post on why I don’t use the term and why I think it isn’t a good replacement for “Indian Philosophy” or “South Asian Philosophy.” What should a label…
The journal Philosophy East and West has just published a positive review of Classical Sanskrit for Everyone: A Guide for Absolute Beginners. The review is available here, though only for people with institutional access (I’ll excerpt a few bits below). The reviewer, Iwona Milewska, graciously calls the book “multi-sided and competent, but also charming.” As…