ISBN10: 8120800273, ISBN13: 9788120800274, [publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.] Hardcover pp. xii + 220
[Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 8120800273, ISBN13: 9788120800274, [publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. MLBD] Hardcover pp. xii + 220 Index 4th Reprint
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]

ISBN10: 8120800273, ISBN13: 9788120800274, [publisher: Motilal Banarsidass] Hardcover The history of Sanskrit literature is by itself a fascinating subject in which not only students of language but also the intelligentsia in general find an abiding interest. This prompted the author to undertake the first edition of the book under the title, An Introduction to Classical Sanskrit, in a short compass in 1943. It is indeed a matter of gratification that the edition was exhausted in a rather short time, and there has been a persistent demand for a new edition of it. The present edition, however, is not just a reprint of the former; much new matter has been put into it and the whole book has been thoroughly revised and brought up-to-date. The scope of the book has also been suitably widened which will be evident from its rechristening A Concise History of Sanskrit Literature. Thus it will satisfy its users much more than its predecessor. The impetus to the writing of the present work came from the students days of the author at Presidency College, Calcutta. The paucity of suitable text-books on the subject intended for degree and post-graduate students of Indian universities and the difficulties which our students experience in tackling the subject was felt by author himself in college life. In the preparation of the book the author has freely consulted the two monumental works of M. Winternitz and A.B. Keith. Indian tradition knows Sanskrit as the language of the gods, w ...