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Skeletons in the Sanskrit closet
Author(s) -
Venkatkrishnan Anand
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/rec3.12396
Subject(s) - closet , sanskrit , racism , colonialism , history , field (mathematics) , psychology , gender studies , literature , sociology , art , archaeology , mathematics , pure mathematics
This essay proposes that we cannot write a history of Sanskrit studies without locating it in the settler colonial history of the United States. It provides examples of anti‐Black racism in the writings of early Sanskritists, and recommends that we understand them as Americans. It concludes by arguing for alternative minority histories in the field.