A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit LiteratureThis 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. |
Contents
History of the Study of Sanskrit in the WestOrigin | 1 |
The Great Epics | 24 |
StoryOrigin and SourceCharacter | 30 |
The Puranas | 41 |
The Tantras | 47 |
Kāvya in inscriptions | 57 |
Lexicography | 157 |
Erotics | 165 |
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A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature Gaurinath Bhattacharyya Shastri,Gaurinath Sastri No preview available - 1998 |
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