Portal:Sanskrit
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Sanskrit (संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam [sə̃skɹ̩t̪əm], originally संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech"), is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand.
Works
[edit]Language
[edit]- "Sanskrit," by Hans Julius Eggeling in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911).
Philology and grammars
[edit]- Sanskrit Grammar, 1889 by William Dwight Whitney
- First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar, 1892 by James Robert Ballantyne
- Vedic Grammar, 1910 by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Literature
[edit]History of literature
[edit]Vedas
[edit]- The Rigveda
- The Hymns of the Rigveda, translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith (2nd ed. 1896)
- The Samaveda
- The Hymns of the Samaveda, translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895)
- The Yajurveda
- The Veda of the Black Yajus School, translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1914)
- The Atharvaveda
- The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda translated by Maurice Bloomfield (1897)
- Atharva-Veda Samhita translated by William Dwight Whitney (1906)
Epics and Puranas
[edit]- Ashtavakra Gita, by Ashtavakra, translated by John Richards
- The Bhagavad Gita, by Vyasa
- Telang translation, 1882 translation by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang
- Arnold translation, 1885 translation by Edwin Arnold
- The Mahabharat, by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- Yoga Sutras, by Patañjali, translated by Charles Johnston
- The Ramayana, transl. by Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1870–1874
Kavya
[edit]- see also: Portal:Sanskrit drama
- The Harsa-carita of Bana (1897) (transcription project)
- The Kādambarī of Bāṇa (1896) by Bāṇabhaṭṭa, translated by Caroline Mary Ridding (transcription project)
- The Malavikagnimitra, by Kālidāsa, translated by Charles Henry Tawney
- First edition, 1875
- Second edition, 1891 (transcription project)
- Kalidasa's Śakuntala, an ancient Hindu drama by Richard Pischel
- Priyadarśikā, a Sanskrit Drama by Harsha (1923)
- Vasavadatta of Subandhu, by Louis Herbert Gray (1913) (transcription project)
Miscellaneous
[edit]Manuscripts
[edit]- A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (1869) (transcription project)
Bibliographies
[edit]- A Bibliography of the Sanskrit Drama: with an introductory sketch of the dramatic literature of India (1906) by Montgomery Schuyler (Volume: 3 of the Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series)