Author: U. Venkatakrishna RaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Literature
Author: U. Venkatakrishna RaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
Author: Dhirendranath BanerjeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit language
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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A Handbook of Sanskrit Literature
Author: George SmallClassical Sanskrit Literature (Classic Reprint)
Author: A. Berriedale KeithPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266777038
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Excerpt from Classical Sanskrit Literature To sketch the history of Classical Sanskrit Litera ture within the limits of a volume of the Heritage Series would have been impossible but for the decision to allot another volume to the Sanskrit Drama, in which the literature of India attains its highest perfection. It has seemed best also to restrict this review to the period before a.d. 1200, a date conventional indeed, but yet late enough to include all the great masterpieces of Sanskrit literature. Even within the limit chosen attention has been concentrated on the works of chief merit or reputation, and it has been necessary to avoid any detailed discussion of controversial dates, in order to dwell upon the substance and form of the literature itself. Here again it has only been possible to indicate in outline the salient features of the classical literature, and to suggest some of the many problems affecting its origin and development. The aim of this work will be accomplished if it serves to remind readers of the richness and variety of the literature of which it treats, and encourages students to extend the field of their reading in Sanskrit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A History of Sanskrit Literature
Author: Arthur Berriedale KeithPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120809796
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Taken in conjunction with my sanskrit Drama, published in 1924, this work covers the field of Classical Sanskrit Literature, as opposed to the Vedic Literature, the epics, and the Puranas. To bring the subject-matter within the limits of a single volume has rendered it necessary to treat the scientific literature briefly, and to avoid discussions of its subject-matter which appertain rather to the historian of grammer, philosophy, law, medicine, astronomy, or mathematics, than to the literary historian. This mode of treatment has rendered it possible, for the first time in any treatise in English on Sanskrit Literature, to pay due attention to the literary qualities of the Kavya. Though it was to Englishmen, such as Sir William Jones and H. T. Colebrooke, that our earliest knowledge of Sanskrit poetry was due, no English poet shared Goethe`s marvellous appereciation of the merits of works known to him only through the distorting medium of translations, and attention in England has usually been limited to the Vedic literature, as a source for comparative philology, the history of religion, or Indo-European antiquities; to the mysticism and monism of Sanskrit philosophy; and to the fables and fairy-tales in their relations to western parallels. The neglect of Sanskrit Kavya is doubtless natural. The great poets of India wrote for audiences of experts; they were masters of the learning of their day, long trained in the use of language, and they aim to please by subtlety, not simplicity of effect. They had at their disposal a singularly beautiful speech, and they commanded elaborate and most effective metres. Under these circumstances it was inevitable that their works should be difficult, but of those who on that score pass them by it may fairly be said ardua dum metuunt amittunt vera viai. It is in the great writers of Kavya along, headed by Kalidasa, that we find depth of feeling for life and nature matched with perfection of expression and rhythm. The Kavya literature includes some of the great poetry of the world, but it can never expect to attain wide popularity in the West, for it is essentially untranslatable German poets like Ruckert can, indeed, base excellent work on Sanskrit originals, but the effects produced are achieved by wholly different means, while English efforts at verse translations fall invariably below a tolerable mediocrity, their diffuse tepidity contrasting painfully with the brilliant condensation of style, the elegance of metre, and the close adaptation of sound to sense of the originals. I have, therefore, as in my Sanskrit Drama, illustrated the merits of the poets by Sanskrit extracts, adding merely a literal English version, in which no note is taken of variations of text or renderings. To save space I have in the main dealt only with works earlier than A.D. 1200, though especially in the case of the scientific literature important books of later date are briefly noticed. This book was sent in completed for the press, in January 1926 but pressure of work at the University Press precluded printing until the summer of 1927, when it wa deemed best, in order not to delay progress, to assign to this preface the notice of such new discoveries and theories of 1926 and 1927 as might have permanent interest.
A Handbook of Sanskrit Literature
Author: George SmallPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016537766
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature
Author: Gaurinath Bhattacharyya ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120800274
Category : Epic literature, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book contains an elaborate account of all branches of Classical Sanskrit Literature on the basis of literary, epigraphical and numismatical sources. In 23 chapters, each chapter dealing with a particular topic arranged chronologically. The book is documented with a critical apparatus. Beside notes and references it has an illuminating Introduction and index of authors and works.
Classical Sanskrit Literature
Author: Arthur Berriedale KeithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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History of Classical Sanskrit Literature
Author: Sukumari BhattacharjiPublisher: South Asia Books
ISBN: 9780863112423
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This Book Analyses All Major Works Of Sanskrit Literature Produced Between The Third Century Bc To The Sixteenth Century Ad And Sets Them Against The Age And Culture In Which They Were Produced.
A Companion to Sanskrit Literature
Author: Sures Chandra BanerjiPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120800632
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
In course of his studies in Sanskrit literature and research relating to various aspects of it, the author of the present work often felt the need of a vade mecum containing brief accounts of authors and works, information about the principal characters of Sanskrit plays, poems and prose works, the meaning of certain technical terms in common use, the common geographical names and the notable myths and legends. A Companion to Sanskrit Literature, the first work of its kind, covers a period of nearly 3500 years from the Vedic age down to the modern times. It seeks to acquaint the reader, within a brief compass, with the contents of outstanding works and authors in Sanskrit literature, followed by up-to-date bibliographies. Brief accounts of the important character in well-known poems, dramas and prose works have also been given. Important geographical names, with their modern identification as far as practicable, have also been laid down. Common technical terms, used in the different branches of Sanskrit literature, have been briefly explained, Prominent figures in myths and legends have been dealt with. In a number of appendices, various kinds of useful information about Sanskrit literature including sciences, sports and pastimes, etc. in ancient and medieval India have been set forth. It is an indispensable vade mecum for the general readers, the specialists and researchers. It is like a capsule taking the reader through the vast firmament of Sanskrit literature up to remote ages. -- Amazon.com.