Position:
Departmental Lecturer in Sanskrit
Faculty / College Address:
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies / Wolfson College
Email:
victor.davella@ames.ox.ac.uk (or vbd203@googlemail.com)
Research Interests:
I am primarily interested in the linguistic traditions of India and how they developed in relation to larger literary, social, and philosophical contexts over the course of time. Under 'linguistic traditions' I understand those fields that are concerned with the theorization of language at all levels including grammar (vyākaraṇa), metrics (chandas), poetics (alaṅkāraśāstra), and philosophy of language. I mostly work with Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Prakrit. Other areas of interest are the history of Indology and the colonial rule of India.
Further Information and Selected Publications:
CV 2021
