This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.

It is undoubtedly a surprising fact that down to the present time no history of Sanskrit literature as a whole has been written in English. For not only does that literature possess much intrinsic merit, but the light it sheds on the life and thought of the population of our Indian Empire ought to have a peculiar interest for the British nation. Owing chiefly to the lack of an adequate account of the subject, few, even of the young men who leave these shores every year to be its future rulers, possess any connected information about the literature in which the civilisation of Modern India can be traced to its sources, and without which that civilisation cannot be fully understood. It was, therefore, with the greatest pleasure that I accepted Mr. Gosse's invitation to contribute a volume to this series of Literatures of the World; for this appeared to me to be a peculiarly good opportunity for diffusing information on a subject in which more than twenty years of continuous study and teaching had instilled into me an ever deepening interest.

THIS 24 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: A History of Sanskrit Literature, by Arthur A. MacDonell. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417906197.

Survey Of Literature From Ancient India, Mostly Hindu Holy Texts But Also Some Poetry And Fairy Tales. Includes Vedas, Sutras, Ramayana, Kavya, Etc. Plot Summaries, Philosophical Underpinnings, Etc., With Short Excerpts From The Originals, In English Translation.

THIS 24 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: A History of Sanskrit Literature, by Arthur A. MacDonell. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417906197.

Survey Of Literature From Ancient India, Mostly Hindu Holy Texts But Also Some Poetry And Fairy Tales. Includes Vedas, Sutras, Ramayana, Kavya, Etc. Plot Summaries, Philosophical Underpinnings, Etc., With Short Excerpts From The Originals, In English Translation.

1900. Contents: The Vedic Period; The Rigveda; Poetry of the Rigveda; Philosophy of the Rigveda; The Rigvedic Age; The Later Vedas; The Brahmanas; The Sutras; The Epics; Kavya or Court Epic; Lyric Poetry; The Drama; Fairy Tales and Fables; Philosophy; and Sanskrit Literature and the West.

THIS 24 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: A History of Sanskrit Literature, by Arthur A. MacDonell. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417906197.

1900. Contents: The Vedic Period; The Rigveda; Poetry of the Rigveda; Philosophy of the Rigveda; The Rigvedic Age; The Later Vedas; The Brahmanas; The Sutras; The Epics; Kavya or Court Epic; Lyric Poetry; The Drama; Fairy Tales and Fables; Philosophy; and Sanskrit Literature and the West.

A classic work on the history of Sanskrit. Invaluable for the student of linguistics and philology. The work represents a complete history of Sanskrit literature in a condensed and succinct form. It embodies a general study of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, classical and philosophical literature. It sheds light on the life and thought of Ancient and Medieval India as reflected in the literary productions of those periods. It provides information both interesting and instructive. Even with the lapse of time, the utility of this small work has not diminished.This title is cited and recommended by: Books for College Libraries; The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature; and the Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College.At the time of original publication in 1900, Arthur A. MacDonell, M.A., Ph.D., of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was Boden Professor of Sanskrit and Fellow of Balliol.