The first western grammar of Sanskrit [ was: [ctamil] Nagari-to-Tamil script converter ]

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> The first western grammar about Sanskrit is printed in the Grantha

> script:

> Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Dissertation on the Sanskrit language.

> A reprint of the original Latin text of 1790, together with an

> introductory article, a complete English translation, and an

> index of sources by Ludo Rocher. Amsterdam Studies in the Theory

> and History of Linguistic Science. Series III - Studies in the

> History of Linguistics. Volume 12. (Amsterdam: John Benjamins B.V.,

> 1977)

 

The first western grammar about Sanskrit is in Latin written by Father

Heinrich Roth (1620-1668) during 1660-62. The grammar is descriptive and

shows great pedagogical skill. This grammar is based on Panini. It remained

in the manuscript form until 1988 when it was published in a facsimile

edition in Leiden. [ Ref: Valentina Stache-Rosen (1990):"German

Indologists", 2nd revised edition, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, pp.1-2].

 

Kind regards.

 

Narayan Prasad

 

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