A History of Sanskrit Literature - Hardcover

Arthur Anthony MacDonell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8121503868 ISBN 13: 9788121503860

Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1971

Synopsis

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 theB ritish 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 sinvitation to contribute a volume to this series of Literatures of theW orld; 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. Professor Max Muller svaluable History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature is limited in its scope to the Vedic period. It has long been out of print; and Vedic research has necessarily made great strides in the forty years which have elapsed since its publication.
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Synopsis:

Arthur A. Macdonell's services to the study and research of Sanskrit literature are too well-known to need any introduction and too vast and varied to be covered in one. From writing a Sanskrit Grammar to preparing a Vedic Index, he has indebted the students and scholars of Sanskrit alike, in many ways. Of all his works the most monumental is the writing of a handy of Sanskrit literature, covering for the first time the entire period, from the Vedic to the most recent times of its fertility. These are histories of Sanskrit literature, written both before and after him, but scholars know best that Macdonell's excels them all in depth, in the range of coverage, in precise critical estimation, in clarity of presentation and lucidity of expression.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 8121503868
• ISBN 13: 9788121503860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 487