Anoop Chandola
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Anoop Chandola is an American
linguist-anthropologist, originally from Pauri
(Uttarakhand
)India
, where he was raised in a priestly Brahmin
family.
He was educated at the Christian
Messmore Intermediate College
of Pauri
. After completing a year of intermediate education he joined the DAV College of Lucknow
for his second and last year of intermediate.
Before moving to the USA in 1959, Chandola was educated at the universities of Allahabad
and Lucknow
where he graduated with university degrees in Sanskrit
, English
, and Hindi literature
. His last two degrees in linguistics
include an MA
from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago
.
He lives in Tucson Arizona, USA, with his wife Sudha
, culture
, and religion
at several universities in India and the USA, including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, the M.S. University
of Baroda, University of California-Berkeley, University of Washington
, University of Texas-Austin, and University of Wisconsin–Madison
.
He is a member of numerous professional associations including the American Anthropological Association
, Association for Asian Studies
, Linguistic
Society
of America
, and Linguistic Society of India
.
Though he retired as Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona
in 2003, his writing career continues. He is a frequent guest lecturer
on Hinduism
and related religions.
Chandola has written scholarly books and articles primarily in the areas of linguistics, music, religion and literature which includes extensive interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis. He founded the field of musicolinguistics based on coining the term, arguing for its creation and laying a theoretical framework for the discipline.
United States
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linguist-anthropologist, originally from Pauri
Pauri
Pauri is a city and a municipal board in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.-Geography:Pauri is located at...
(Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
)India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, where he was raised in a priestly Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
family.
He was educated at the Christian
Christian
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Messmore Intermediate College
College
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of Pauri
Pauri
Pauri is a city and a municipal board in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.-Geography:Pauri is located at...
. After completing a year of intermediate education he joined the DAV College of Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
for his second and last year of intermediate.
Before moving to the USA in 1959, Chandola was educated at the universities of Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...
and Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
where he graduated with university degrees in Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Hindi literature
Hindi literature
Hindi literature , is broadly divided into four prominent forms or styles, being Bhakti ; Shringar ; Veer-Gatha ; and Adhunik...
. His last two degrees in linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
include an MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
He lives in Tucson Arizona, USA, with his wife Sudha
Career
Chandola has taught Indian literatureIndian literature
Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Republic of India has 22 officially recognized languages....
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, and religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
at several universities in India and the USA, including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, the M.S. University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
of Baroda, University of California-Berkeley, University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, University of Texas-Austin, and University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
.
He is a member of numerous professional associations including the American Anthropological Association
American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association is a professional organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 11,000 members, the Arlington, Virginia based association includes archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, biological anthropologists, linguistic...
, Association for Asian Studies
Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies is a U.S. society focused on facilitating contact and information exchange among scholars of Asian fields. It is the self-proclaimed largest society of its kind. The Association consists of eminent Asianists, and is a non-profit organization...
, Linguistic
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
Society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and Linguistic Society of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Though he retired as Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
in 2003, his writing career continues. He is a frequent guest lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
on Hinduism
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
and related religions.
Chandola has written scholarly books and articles primarily in the areas of linguistics, music, religion and literature which includes extensive interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis. He founded the field of musicolinguistics based on coining the term, arguing for its creation and laying a theoretical framework for the discipline.
Academic Books
- Music As Speech: An Ethnomusicolinguistic Study of India (Published by Navrang Publishers, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
)
- The Way to True Worship: Popular Story of Hinduism (Published by The University Press of AmericaUniversity Press of AmericaUniversity Press of America is an academic book publisher based in the United States. Part of the independent Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, it was founded in 1975 and boasts of having published "more than 10,000 academic, scholarly, and biographical titles in many disciplines"...
, LanhamLanham-Places:In the United States:* Lanham, Kansas and Nebraska* Lanham, Maryland* Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland-People:* Charles T. Lanham , United States Army general* Edwin Lanham , American writer* Fritz G...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
)
- Folk Drumming in the HimalayasHimalayasThe Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
: Linguistic Approach to MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
(Published by The AMS Press. Research supported by the US National Science Foundation)
- Systematic Translation of Hindi-Urdu into English (Published by The University of Arizona PressUniversity of Arizona PressThe University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books...
)
- Situation to Sentence: Evolutionary Method for Descriptive Linguistics (Published by AMS Press, New York)
- Contactics: The Daily Drama of Human Contact (Published by The University Press of America)
- On the non-existence of phrase and transformation : VP and the brain operations (Published by The University of North CarolinaUniversity of North CarolinaChartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
)
- Mystic and Love PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
of Medieval HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
: With Introduction, Texts, GrammarGrammarIn linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
, Notes, TranslationsTranslationsTranslations is a three-act play by Irish playwright Brian Friel written in 1980. It is set in Baile Beag , a small village at the heart of 19th century agricultural Ireland...
and Glossary (Published by Scholarly Press)
Novels
- The Dharma Videos of Lust: Mysteries of Indian Religions (Published by The UKA PressThe UKA PressThe UKA Press is an independent small publisher based in the United Kingdom. Since its launch in January 2004, it has published poetry, novels, short story collections and nonfiction titles...
ISBN 978-1-905796-15-1)
Reviews, Awards and Interviews
- Finalist, 'Religious Fiction' category of the Best Books 2006, USA Book News. http://www.USABookNews.com
- Finalist, 'Multicultural Fiction' category of the National Indie Excellence Awards 2009
- Anoop Chandola interview, Anil Aggrawal Internet Journal of BookBookA book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
Reviews http://www.geradts.com/anil/br/vol_001_no_002/reviews/f_books/interview.html
- The DharmaDharmaDharma means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion. In the context of Hinduism, it refers to one's personal obligations, calling and duties, and a Hindu's dharma is affected by the person's age, caste, class, occupation, and gender...
Videos of LustLustLust is an emotional force that is directly associated with the thinking or fantasizing about one's desire, usually in a sexual way.-Etymology:The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient Roman lustrum, which literally meant "purification"...
, reviews The UKA PressThe UKA PressThe UKA Press is an independent small publisher based in the United Kingdom. Since its launch in January 2004, it has published poetry, novels, short story collections and nonfiction titles...
http://ukapress.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=111
- Anoop Chandola, "The Dharma Videos of Lust" reviewed http://ukapress.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=111 by Arup Chakraborty, Hindustan TimesHindustan TimesHindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
, by Alexis Blue Lo Que Pasa; by J.C. Martin The Arizona Daily Star; Ellen Tanner MarshEllen Tanner MarshEllen Tanner Marsh is an author from Charleston, South Carolina.Marsh has written eleven novels, three of which - Reap the Savage Wind, Wrap Me in Splendor, and Sable - were listed on the New York Times paperback bestseller list....
, New York Times ; Michael Witzel, the Wales Professor of SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
and Indian Studies, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Articles
- Ritualism and Contactism. In The Nature and Function of RitualRitualA ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. The term usually excludes actions which are arbitrarily chosen by the performers....
, 25-35, ed. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, Greenwood Publishing (2000)
- A Cognitive Framework for mens rea and actus reas. With M. Varn Chandola, The Tulsa Law Journal, 35. 383-397 (2000)
- Free Human Movement!: The Border Problem of Peace. Man in Asia, 9.1:15-23 (1996)
- Ordered Rules for the Full Sentence Translation: A Neural Network Realization and a Case Study for Hindi and English. With Abhijit Mahalanobis, Pattern Recognition, 27. 515-521 (1994)
- On Practical Hinduism: The Puja as Human Contact. The Mankind Quarterly, 29. 353-71 (1987)
- Myth and SymbolismReligious symbolismReligious symbolism is the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork, events, or natural phenomena, by a religion. Religions view religious texts, rituals, and works of art as symbols of compelling ideas or ideals...
in Religion: A Hot Ladle Licking Case from the Garhwal HimalayasHimalayasThe Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
. In The Himalayan Heritage, 189-199, ed. Delhi: Gian Prakash House
- A Theoretical Framework for Hindi SyntaxSyntaxIn linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
.' In Topics in Hindi Linguistics, 2. 1-15, ed. New Delhi: Bahri Publications (1982)
- Ethnomusicolinguistics and Trance. Journal of Social Research, 15. 1-6 (1980)
- Stress Behavior in Musicolinguistics. In The Performing ArtsPerforming artsThe performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
(WorldWorldWorld is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
AnthropologyAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
). Proceedings of IX International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, ed. The HagueThe HagueThe Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
: Mouton (1979)
- Musicolinguistics in Literary Esthetics. In To Honor A.A. Hill, Linguistic and Literary Studies IV, ed. The Hague: Mouton (1979)
- An Evolutionary Approach to Sentence Formation. Linguistics, 150. 15-46 (1975)
- Some Systems of Musical Scales and Linguistic Principles. Semiotica, 2.135-150 (1970)