The Sanskrit Studies Podcast
In-depth explorations into the field of Sanskrit Studies. Featuring candid conversations and interviews with scholars of Sanskrit across the disciplines of Indology, Linguistics, Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, and more. Hosted by Dr. Antonia Ruppel.
The Sanskrit Studies Podcast
1. McComas Taylor | Purāṇas, Open Access and Wild Geese
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The Sanskrit Studies Podcast
In this first episode we speak with McComas Taylor. Hailing from the Australian National University in Canberra, McComas is a pioneer of online Sanskrit teaching and ardent supporter of open-access publishing. He talks to Antonia about how he vowed under a full moon to learn Sanskrit, about his reading the Mahābhārata every day, about the secrets behind his hugely popular online courses, and his brand-new, freely available translation of the Viṣṇupurāṇa.
Links to books and pages mentioned
- McComas Taylor at the ANU
- The Fall of the Indigo Jackal
- The Little Red Book (online version | pdf download)
- The Joy of Sanskrit
- The Vishnupurana