Word: sanskriting
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Remember when you read that great little booklet put out by the admissions committee? Remember when you decided Harvard was the only place to cultivate your interests in Sanskrit and chess...
...railings are about 18 inches apart and the banister is at least three feet off the ground," said Dominik Wujastyk, a visiting Sanskrit and Indian Studies scholar and father of two small children, who live in the house...
...return to the original question: what have I learned? My senior tutor, if I knew his name, would probably wish for me to say that I learned a great deal about Mathematics, Systematics, German, Fine Arts, Sanskrit, Archaeology, Biology, and Pottery, during my three and a half years at fair Harvard. But somehow, what little book learning I have acquired here seem pale and gaunt compared to the true wisdom I have come to call my own. Stand ever firm, O Stacks of Widener; but not down thy revered stacks shall I tread...
McGee is currently a religion tutor affiliated with Lowell House, and she specializes in Sanskrit. She is travelling in England and could not be reached for comment...
Composed between 1946 and 1948, the Turangalila-Symphonie is a ten-movement, 80-minute showpiece for large orchestra, elemental in its power, yet seductive in its radiant beauty. The title derives from Sanskrit and roughly connotes "vitality" and "life," and thus gives some indication of both the piece's formidable substance and its stunning effect. Its thundering chord progressions and leaping, birdlike themes, its mixture of brutal dissonance and sunny consonance, make Turangalila-Symphonie one of the French composer's finest creations. It is difficult for both performer and listener, which may be why it is rarely played in concert...