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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2011
Print publication year:
2011
First published in:
1808
Online ISBN:
9781139028554
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028554
Subjects:
Grammar and Syntax, Arabic and Middle Eastern Language and Linguistics, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
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While working for the East India Company in Bengal, Charles Wilkins (1749–1836) became one of first Europeans to master the Sanskrit language. He proceeded to set up a printing press in Calcutta to publish works in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. Wilkins also undertook further related projects, including this work, published in London in 1808, which was part of his larger scheme to write a dictionary of the language and to translate a great epic poem, the Mahabharata. The grammar was the only part of the project that was completed. He never finished the dictionary, and only translated about one-third of the poem, though the part he worked on, the Bhagavad-Gita, became famous. The grammar attempts a comprehensive explanation of the language, ranging from the Devanagari alphabet to indeclinable words, and it was a vital resource in making Indian languages accessible to an English-speaking public.

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