
Published online:
21 September 2017
Published in print:
18 October 2016
Online ISBN:
9780231542418
Print ISBN:
9780231175807
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The Bhagavad Gītā and Cultural Politics The Bhagavad Gītā and Cultural Politics
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The Jñāneśvarī, Its Structure, History, and Aesthetics The Jñāneśvarī, Its Structure, History, and Aesthetics
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The Call for a Vernacular Literary Public The Call for a Vernacular Literary Public
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The Liberal Gītā The Liberal Gītā
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Chapter
Six A Vernacular Manifesto
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Pages
213–242
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Published:October 2016
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Novetzke, Christian Lee, 'A Vernacular Manifesto', The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India (New York, NY , 2016; online edn, Columbia Scholarship Online, 21 Sept. 2017), https://doi.org/10.7312/columbia/9780231175807.003.0007, accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Discusses the rationale that Jnandev gives in his text for the innovative use of Marathi rather than Sanskrit as his medium. Jnandev claims that he uses Marathi for the sake of “women, low castes, and others,” which is the constituency he believes the Bhagavad Gītā also exists to serve. While it may seem like a description of the “downtrodden” this phrase was in fact a description of the vast majority of the population. I observe how the Jñāneśvarī serves as a manifesto for a very particular ethics around society and literature.
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