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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.
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