{"podcast":{"title":"New Books Network","slug":"new-books-network-529292","podcast_index_feed_id":529292,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT4543917034","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c7b83ac8-f29a-11e8-95f0-b7d36d8f3036/image/Main_Channelpage.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":500,"summary":"Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:21:50.993700+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292"},"episode":{"title":"Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, \"Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India\" (Oxford UP, 2026)","slug":"manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026","published_at":"2026-06-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK4833912359.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK4833912359.mp3","summary":"Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India (Oxford UP, 2026) explores the role of languages in the intellectual landscape of second-millennium India by way of six theological treatises composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, each written by a key intellectual figure: Vātsya Varadaguru, Periyavāccān Pillai, Meghanādari Sūri, Pillai Lokācārya, and Vedāntadeśika. Drawing on theories of language politics and translation, Manasicha Akepiyapornchai proposes a new theoretical framework of \"language sphere\" to better capture the linguistic and intellectual interaction from a micro perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network","meta_description":"Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India (Oxford UP, 2026) explores the role of languages in the intellectu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-network-529292/episodes/manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/manasicha-akepiyapornchai-surrender-to-god-across-languages-multilingual-intellectual-history-of-premodern-india-oxford-up-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}