tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post2129111543902007552..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Still working on your PhD in Sanskrit and looking for a job?elisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-53966101416696601342012-09-25T12:44:17.008+02:002012-09-25T12:44:17.008+02:00No, this guy is the real anonimo.
(अश्वमित्रः Pse...No, this guy is the real anonimo.<br /><br />(अश्वमित्रः Pseudo-anonimo)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-61039274283236084022012-09-25T07:46:06.762+02:002012-09-25T07:46:06.762+02:00Dear anonymous reader (or is it still you, Aśvamit...Dear anonymous reader (or is it still you, Aśvamitra?),<br /><br />if you are interested, just apply and explain in your cover letter that you are willing to learn German and that you master so many other languages. Hindī is always an additional value, for various purposes: <br />1. teaching Hindī (in case there is no local staff doing it),<br />2. reading Hindī prefaces and catalogues of Sanskrit works,<br />3. reading Hindī material which might be helpful to reconstruct the history of a given manuscript or text (i.e., travelogs of its discoverer).<br /><br />I have been working a lot on the Nyāyamañjarī, whose best translation is in Gujarati, by Nagin Shah, so that knowing a little bit of Gujarati is almost a conditio sine qua non for working on Jayanta. And I am sure that the same applies to many other cases, not to speak about the advantage of knowing several scripts.elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-18036255921436210402012-09-25T00:00:46.698+02:002012-09-25T00:00:46.698+02:00I wish I learned German instead of Spanish at high...I wish I learned German instead of Spanish at high school now... :(<br />It would have been great if they accepted Hindi/Panjabi/Gujerati in its place (just because I can manage them). But seriously, is there any employment value of a Sanskritist that also knows Hindi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-44605036561945848732012-09-24T03:07:42.765+02:002012-09-24T03:07:42.765+02:00OK, but I'm wondering about practical criteria...OK, but I'm wondering about practical criteria rather than credentials. What should the person be able to do? Speak or write Sanskrit fluently? Spontaneously translate unfamiliar texts sight unseen?Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-3568663090952677162012-09-23T09:35:27.422+02:002012-09-23T09:35:27.422+02:00It is difficult to define it in theory. In praxis,...It is difficult to define it in theory. In praxis, the people who had this position before had earned their MA degrees in Sanskrit and did not just know it because of a single class (or a single Spoken Sanskrit class).elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-60399775852106282022012-09-23T03:04:07.476+02:002012-09-23T03:04:07.476+02:00What precisely is meant by "excellent command...What precisely is meant by "excellent command of Sanskrit" here?Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829053219715458764noreply@blogger.com