Background
Scharf, Peter Mark was born on June 14, 1958 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Roy Herbert and Candida Maria (Boccuzzi) Scharf.
(The most popular story in all of India and a classic of w...)
The most popular story in all of India and a classic of world literature is summarised in 728 verses in the great epic Mahabharata. Intended for independent study or classroom use for students of various levels who have had a basic introduction to Sanskrit, this fully annotated edition of the Ramopakhyana supplies all the information required for complete comprehension. It contains the Devanagari text, Roman transliteration, sandhi analysis, Sanskrit prose equivalents to the verses, syntactic and cultural notes, and the English translation, and word-by-word grammatical analysis.
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Sanskrit and Indian studies educator
Scharf, Peter Mark was born on June 14, 1958 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Roy Herbert and Candida Maria (Boccuzzi) Scharf.
Bachelor in Philosophy, Wesleyan University, 1981; postgraduate, Brown U., 1982-1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Sanskrit, University of Pennsylvania, 1990.
Computer analyst, programmer, 1981-1983. Teaching assistant University Pennsylvania, 1985-1986, postdoctoral fellow in linguistics, 1990-1991, 93, 94. Lecturer in classics Brown University, Providence, 1994—2001, senior lecturer in classics, since 2001.
Director The Sanskrit Library., since 2002, Rhode Island Foundation for Promotion of Peace, since 2002. Presenter in field.
(The most popular story in all of India and a classic of w...)
Member American Oriental Society, Association for Asian Studies, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (life).