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A History of Sanskrit Literature

A History of Sanskrit Literature

by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

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Author
Macdonell, Arthur Anthony, 1854-1930
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures
Subject
Sanskrit literature -- History and criticism
Category
Text
eBook-No.
41563
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41563
Release Date
December 5, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Preface
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.Introductory
  5. 5.The Vedic Period
  6. 6.The Rigveda
  7. 7.Poetry of the Rigveda
  8. 8.Philosophy of the Rigveda
  9. 9.The Rigvedic Age
  10. 10.The Later Vedas
  11. 11.( Circa 800–500 B.C.)
  12. 12.( Circa 500–200 B.C.)
  13. 13.( Circa 500–50 B.C.) — The Purāṇas. — The Rāmāyaṇa.
  14. 14.( Circa 200 B.C.–1100 A.D.)
  15. 15.( Circa 400–1100 A.D.)
  16. 16.( Circa 400–1000 A.D.)
  17. 17.( Circa 400–1100 A.D.) — Ethical Poetry.
  18. 18.Philosophy
  19. 19.Sanskrit Literature and the West
  20. 20.Appendix on Technical Literature — Law. — History. — Grammar. — Lexicography. — Poetics. — Mathematics and Astronomy. — Medicine. — Arts.
  21. 21.Bibliographical Notes — Chapter I. — Chapter III. — Chapters IV. and V. — Chapter VI. — Chapter VII. — Chapter VIII. — Chapter IX. — Chapter X. — Chapter XI. — Chapter XII. — Chapter XIII. — Chapter XIV. — Chapter XV. — Chapter XVI.
  22. 22.Index — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y — Z
  23. 23.D. APPLETON AND COMPANY’S PUBLICATIONS. — LITERATURES OF THE WORLD. — SOME RECENT ISSUES IN THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SERIES. — STANDARD HISTORICAL WORKS. — THE CRIMINOLOGY SERIES. — THE CONCISE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY — FRANK M. CHAPMAN’S BOOKS.
  24. 24.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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