The Last Brahmin: Life and Reflections of a Modern-day Sanskrit PanditAutobiography of a Sanskrit scholar and school teacher from Andhra Pradesh, India. |
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| Title | The Last Brahmin: Life and Reflections of a Modern-day Sanskrit Pandit |
| Author | Rāṇi Śivaśaṅkara Śarma |
| Translated by | D. Venkat Rao |
| Publisher | Permanent Black, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 8, 2008 |
| ISBN | 8178241382, 9788178241388 |
| Length | 197 pages |
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