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SUMMARY:Genres of prediction: astrology between Sanskrit and Hindi print i
 n colonial north India - Charu Singh (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together the histories of science\, print\, language 
 and empire\, this paper examines the circulation of jyotiḥśāstra\, the
  Sanskrit astral sciences\, in British India. By the late nineteenth centu
 ry\, jyotiṣa was a widely read and published genre of Sanskrit knowledge
  in print\, appearing in a range of publishing formats in bilingual editio
 ns with Hindi translation. The paper reconstructs the social world and kno
 wledge communities of astrology (phalit jyotiṣa) by studying the changin
 g textuality and linguistic practices of Hindi readers\, writers\, publish
 ers and translators in the burgeoning print culture of colonial north Indi
 a.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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