A History of Sanskrit Literature /
A History of Sanskrit Literature covers the history of Sanskrit from the later Vedic literature and continues up to the twelfth century AD. The book, in the initial part, covers the origins of Sanskrit, and the other two languages spoken in Northern India during the ancient period, Pali and Prakrit,...
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |t Preliminary Material / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Sanskrit, Prākrit, and Apabhrança / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Origin and Development of Kāvya Literature / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Açvaghoṣa and Early Buddhist Kavya / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Kālidāsa and the Guptas / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Bhāravi, Bhatti, Kumāradāsa, and Māgha / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Lesser Epic Poets / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Historical Kāvya / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Bhartṛhari, Amaru, Bilhaṇa, and Jayadeva / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Lyric Poetry and the Anthologies / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Gnomic and Didactic Poetry / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Didactic Fable / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Bṛhatkathā and its Descendants / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Romantic and the Didactic Tale / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Great Romances / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Later Romances and the Campûs / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Aims and Achievement of Sanskrit Poetry / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The West and Indian Literature / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Theories of Poetry / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Origin and Characteristics of the Scientific Literature / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Lexicography and Metrics / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Grammar / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Civil and Religious Law (Dharmaçāstra) / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Science of Politics and Practical Life (Arthaçāstra, Nitiçāstra) / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- The Science of Love / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Philosophy and Religion / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Medicine / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Astronomy, Astrology, and Mathematics / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- English Index / |r A. Berriedale Keith -- Sanskrit Index / |r A. Berriedale Keith. | |
| 520 | |a A History of Sanskrit Literature covers the history of Sanskrit from the later Vedic literature and continues up to the twelfth century AD. The book, in the initial part, covers the origins of Sanskrit, and the other two languages spoken in Northern India during the ancient period, Pali and Prakrit, which are the sacred languages of Buddhism and Jainism also. This volume also talks about the poems and selected literary works of Sanskrit such as Ramayana, Panchatantra, Ashwaghosha, Hitopadesha, and Kathasaritsagara, and literary profiles of authors and poets such as Kalhana, Kalidasa, Banabhatta, etc. The final part talks about scientific works in Sanskrit, containing the explanation of Sastric literature, and the contributions of Sanskrit in the fields of medicine, astronomy, astrology, lexicography, civil and religious law, etc. Beneficial for students and scholars interested in Sanskrit literature and grammar. | ||
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |t A History of Sanskrit Literature. |d Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024. |z 9789360804541 |w (OCoLC)1442058362 |
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