On scrutiny, the Indological edifice turns out to be flimsy & fundamentally rotten
Analysis of even 1 word [godhuma] & 1 author [Witzel] confirms this dismal truth
-Scholarship riddled with errors
-Overt racism
-Claimed knowledge & mastery of संस्कृतम् missing
Disappointing!
Analysis of even 1 word [godhuma] & 1 author [Witzel] confirms this dismal truth
-Scholarship riddled with errors
-Overt racism
-Claimed knowledge & mastery of संस्कृतम् missing
Disappointing!
https://twitter.com/indictoday/status/1379689547873755141
Witzel’s scholarship shown to be problematic
1. For a Harvard “Sanskrit’ professor, no references to Sanskrit etymological sources. Why?
2. As we see, plain wrong info, fallacious arguments & specious reasoning abound
3. Irrelevant/wrong referencing. Potential ethical issues
1. For a Harvard “Sanskrit’ professor, no references to Sanskrit etymological sources. Why?
2. As we see, plain wrong info, fallacious arguments & specious reasoning abound
3. Irrelevant/wrong referencing. Potential ethical issues
Western “Sanskrit” scholarship relies on translated Indological works & NOT संस्कृतम् source documents
Errors in early Indological works transmitted unthinkingly & in unscholarly fashion by later Indologists
Bohtlingk’s godhuma/godhumi error flows to Witzel
No error correction
Errors in early Indological works transmitted unthinkingly & in unscholarly fashion by later Indologists
Bohtlingk’s godhuma/godhumi error flows to Witzel
No error correction
We also see how core Indological works like Petersburger Wörterbuch, KEWA, EWA & dictionaries {MW} have fundamentally flawed information
Lack of dialogue & debate with भारतीय पण्डिताः highlights fatal gaps in Western scholarship
Re-evaluation & healthy scepticism needed here!
Lack of dialogue & debate with भारतीय पण्डिताः highlights fatal gaps in Western scholarship
Re-evaluation & healthy scepticism needed here!
More importantly, ethics & goals of Indology seem more about control of an alien culture & not a scholarly study of “India”
By redefining, Indology ‘owns’
Hence criticality of tearing apart core Indian cultural texts, creating new ‘facts’ & denying voice to traditional owners
By redefining, Indology ‘owns’
Hence criticality of tearing apart core Indian cultural texts, creating new ‘facts’ & denying voice to traditional owners
Finally, seeing is believing
Once we access संस्कृतम् originals, impossible for others to gaslight or control narratives
Hence, the importance of ‘Death of Sanskrit’
And the need for us to learn संस्कृतम्।
जयतु संस्कृतम्। जयतु भारतम्।
Once we access संस्कृतम् originals, impossible for others to gaslight or control narratives
Hence, the importance of ‘Death of Sanskrit’
And the need for us to learn संस्कृतम्।
जयतु संस्कृतम्। जयतु भारतम्।
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