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Podcast: New Books in South Asian Studies
Episode: A Conversation with Greg Bailey: Sanskrit Scholar and Novelist
Description: This interview features a candid conversation with Greg Bailey, seasoned scholar of Sanskrit narrative Literature, on his multi-decade work on the PurÄášas and MahÄbhÄrata, and on his new novel In Search of Bliss: A Tale of Early Buddhism (Vanguard Press, 2019).About the novel: Kshemapala is a monk from the North who has been tasked with an important scholarly mission: fill in the gaps in the history of the monk, Ananda, the Buddha's close companion, about whom there are legends but few facts. To achieve this he must journey south, towards the source of many of the stori...