He was also chairman of the department of Sanskrit and Indian studies and president of the American Oriental Society.
An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetryedit
Volume 44 of the Harvard Oriental Series, 'An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry', is the acclaimed English translation by Ingalls of the Sanskrit text 'Subhasitaratnakosa' of Vidyakara. The book has a lengthy introduction by Ingalls containing an incisive analysis of the structure of the Sanskrit language, and also of Ingalls's perspective on Sanskrit literature in general, and Sanskrit poetry in particular. It also has a section titled 'On the Passing of Judgements' in which Ingalls criticizes some critics of Sanskrit poetry.
Criticism of nineteenth and twentieth century western Sanskritistsedit
Ingalls writes that after the initial excitement at the discovery of Sanskrit literature, which produced the enthusiastic and positive reviews of British Sanskritists like Hastings and Sir William Jones, there was a long period in which English writers subjected Sanskrit literature to the literary canons of their own land. By doing this their judgements were sometimes "monstrous" according to Ingalls. The Sanskritist Fitzedward Hall, writes Ingalls, being troubled by the sometimes erotic imagery in the poetry of the Sanskrit poet Subandhu, exclaimed that Subandhu "was no better, at the very best, than a specious savage" and A. A. Macdonell according to Ingalls found nothing to say of the great Sanskrit poets Bharavi and Magha except that they favored 'verbal tricks and metrical puzzles". The judgement of these scholars, explains Ingalls, was clouded with bias in as much as it was based on nineteenth century western morals and nineteenth century western notions of literature. "At no point was it enlightened by reference to the critical literature of Sanskrit itself", writes Ingalls. Ingalls then goes on to criticize the British scholar Arthur Berriedale Keith of whom Ingalls writes that although Keith was a great scholar of Vedic studies and modern Indian law, 'it is obvious from his works that for the most part he disliked Sanskrit literature' and that 'of Keith's reading, it seems to me, no word ever passed beyond his head to the heart'. Ingalls notes that when criticizing Sanskrit poets, Keith never applies the remarks of any Sanskrit critic to the work he is judging.[8]
Notes and referencesedit
Notes
^Ingalls’s "Materials for the Study of Navya-Nyāya Logic", published as volume 40 of the Harvard Oriental Series in 1951 was the first bibliography of Navya-Nyāya logic in any European language[2]
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^Pace, Eric (July 22, 1999). "Daniel H. H. Ingalls, 83, Sanskrit Scholar and Harvard Professor". The New York Times. p. 7.
^Vidyakara; Daniel H.H. Ingalls, An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry, Harvard Oriental Series
Further readingedit
Memorial minutes in the Harvard Gazette
Sheldon Pollock (September 1985). "Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 105 (3): 387–389. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 601513.
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Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Sr May 4 1916 July 17 1999 was the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University Daniel H H Ingalls Sr BornDaniel Henry Holmes IngallsMay 4 1916DiedJuly 17 1999 1999 07 17 aged 83 EducationHarvard University Contents 1 Early life and education 2 An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry 3 Criticism of nineteenth and twentieth century western Sanskritists 4 Notes and references 5 Further readingEarly life and education editIngalls was born in New York City and raised in Virginia He received his A B in 1936 at Harvard University as a major in Greek and Latin He also earned his A M in 1938 studying symbolic logic under Willard Van Orman Quine 1 He was appointed a junior fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows in 1939 after which he set off for Calcutta for the study of Navya Nyaya n 1 logic with Kalipada Tarkacharya 1938 41 2 His fellowship was interrupted by the Second World War during which he served as an Army code breaker decoding Japanese radio messages for the Office of Strategic Services 1942 44 2 After the war Ingalls returned to Harvard as Wales Professor of Sanskrit He was particularly known for his translation and commentary in An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry which contains some 1 700 Sanskrit verses collected by a Buddhist abbot Vidyakara in Bengal around AD 1050 Ingalls was a student of the Indian grammarian Shivram Dattatray Joshi 3 and the teacher of many famous students of Sanskrit such as Wendy Doniger Diana Eck Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Bimal Krishna Matilal Robert Thurman Sheldon Pollock Karl Harrington Potter Phyllis Granoff Indira Viswanathan Peterson David Pingree 4 and Gary Tubb He was renowned for the rigor of his introductory Sanskrit course He was the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series from 1950 to 1983 5 He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society 6 Ingalls was the father of the computer scientist Dan Ingalls and the author Rachel Ingalls 7 He was also chairman of the department of Sanskrit and Indian studies and president of the American Oriental Society An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry editVolume 44 of the Harvard Oriental Series An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry is the acclaimed English translation by Ingalls of the Sanskrit text Subhasitaratnakosa of Vidyakara The book has a lengthy introduction by Ingalls containing an incisive analysis of the structure of the Sanskrit language and also of Ingalls s perspective on Sanskrit literature in general and Sanskrit poetry in particular It also has a section titled On the Passing of Judgements in which Ingalls criticizes some critics of Sanskrit poetry Criticism of nineteenth and twentieth century western Sanskritists editIngalls writes that after the initial excitement at the discovery of Sanskrit literature which produced the enthusiastic and positive reviews of British Sanskritists like Hastings and Sir William Jones there was a long period in which English writers subjected Sanskrit literature to the literary canons of their own land By doing this their judgements were sometimes monstrous according to Ingalls The Sanskritist Fitzedward Hall writes Ingalls being troubled by the sometimes erotic imagery in the poetry of the Sanskrit poet Subandhu exclaimed that Subandhu was no better at the very best than a specious savage and A A Macdonell according to Ingalls found nothing to say of the great Sanskrit poets Bharavi and Magha except that they favored verbal tricks and metrical puzzles The judgement of these scholars explains Ingalls was clouded with bias in as much as it was based on nineteenth century western morals and nineteenth century western notions of literature At no point was it enlightened by reference to the critical literature of Sanskrit itself writes Ingalls Ingalls then goes on to criticize the British scholar Arthur Berriedale Keith of whom Ingalls writes that although Keith was a great scholar of Vedic studies and modern Indian law it is obvious from his works that for the most part he disliked Sanskrit literature and that of Keith s reading it seems to me no word ever passed beyond his head to the heart Ingalls notes that when criticizing Sanskrit poets Keith never applies the remarks of any Sanskrit critic to the work he is judging 8 Notes and references editNotes Ingalls s Materials for the Study of Navya Nyaya Logic published as volume 40 of the Harvard Oriental Series in 1951 was the first bibliography of Navya Nyaya logic in any European language 2 References Hara Minoru 2000 Obituary Indo Iranian Journal 43 1 7 9 doi 10 1023 A 1004047600718 a b c Pingree David June 2001 Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls PDF Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 145 2 204 206 Archived from the original PDF on September 21 2013 Retrieved September 20 2013 Obituary Shivaram Dattatray Joshi 1926 2013 Boston University July 31 2013 Archived from the original on October 21 2013 Retrieved August 16 2013 Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Sr at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Harvard Oriental Series APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved November 22 2022 Pace Eric July 22 1999 Daniel H H Ingalls 83 Sanskrit Scholar and Harvard Professor The New York Times p 7 Vidyakara Daniel H H Ingalls An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry Harvard Oriental SeriesFurther reading editObituary notice in the Harvard Gazette Memorial minutes in the Harvard Gazette Sheldon Pollock September 1985 Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Journal of the American Oriental Society 105 3 387 389 ISSN 0003 0279 JSTOR 601513 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel H H Ingalls Sr amp oldid 1218089607, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
