संस्कृत वाङ्मय का बृहद इतिहास SANSKRIT VANGMAYA KA BRIHAD ITIHAS A Comprehensive History of Sanskrit Literature in Hindi

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संस्कृत वाङ्मय का बृहद इतिहास

SANSKRIT VANGMAYA KA BRIHAD ITIHAS

A Comprehensive History of Sanskrit Literature in Hindi

Chief Editors: Baldev Upadhyaya & Shrinivas Rath

24 x 16 cm 9636 pages

Set of 15 books [16 kilos]

Rs. 5225 for the set

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The pre-Classical form of Sanskrit is known as Vedic Sanskrit, with the language of the RigVeda being the oldest and most archaic stage preserved, its oldest core dating back to as far back as 1500 BCE or earlier. This qualifies RigVedic Sanskrit as one of the oldest examples of any Indo-Iranian language, and one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European languages, the family which includes Sanskrit with English and most European languages.

Classical Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages to emerge from India. Preceded only by Vedic Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali and Sangam Tamil, Classical Sanskrit was the lingua franca of Indian elite for centuries.

Right until the Islamic conquest of India, Sanskrit was not only the medium of expression for the arts and philosophies but also the administrative language.

Some beautiful facts about Sanskrit

Sanskrit unites the Kashmiri with the Tamilian and the Assamese with the Gujarati.

Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language used extensively in Jainism and Buddhism.

Sanskrit continues to be widely used in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu religious rituals in the form of hymns and mantras.

Sanskrit is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand.

Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific, technical, philosophical and religious texts.

Sanskrit is still in used as the medium of instruction in a few traditional institutions in India.

Sanskrit studies have become more popular as more and more educated Indians feel the need to explore their roots and what makes their civilisation great.

Sanskrit studies have progressed in modern India as there has been a delinking of Sanskrit with a particular caste or religion.

Sanskrit Bharati has been tremendously effective in promoting Sanskrit studies.

Classical Sanskrit is the standard register as laid out in the grammar of Panini, around the 4th century BCE. Its position in the cultures of Greater India is akin to that of Latin and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Sanskrit was spoken in an oral society, and the oral tradition was maintained through the development of early classical Sanskrit literature. When it was written, the choice of writing system was influenced by the regional scripts of the scribes.

Therefore, Sanskrit has no native script of its own. As such, virtually all of the major writing systems of South Asia have been used in writing Sanskrit manuscripts. Since the late 19th century, Devanagari has become the de facto standard writing system for Sanskrit publication, quite possibly because of the European practice of printing Sanskritic texts in this script.

The oldest written inscription in India appears on the famous Prakrit pillar inscriptions of king Ashoka. These were in Prakrit, written in the Brahmi script. These were written in the 3rd century BCE. The earliest South Indian inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi, written in Sangam Tamil, belong to the same period.

The earliest known inscriptions in Sanskrit date to the 1st century BCE. They are in the Brahmi script.

When Sanskrit was written down, it was first used for texts of an administrative, literary or scientific nature. Religious texts were transmitted orally, through the guru-shishya parampara.

The Government should be commended for publishing this excellent, well-researched and low priced encyclopedia of Sanskrit literature. The encyclopedia has been written in Hindi. We are proud to make it available to all book lovers.

17 volumes of this fine encyclopedia have been published. Unfortunately, volumes 6 and 14 are out of print. We therefore present this set of 15 books for sale.

Here is a volume-wise description of the set of 15 books that are available for sale.

Volume 1 वेद Veda

Ed. by Brijbihari Chaubey. 682 pages. Published in 1996

Volume 2 वेदाङ्ग Vedanga

Ed. by Omprakash Pandey. 602 pages. Published in 1997

Volume 3 आर्ष काव्य (रामायण एवं महाभारत)

Arsha Kavya (Ramayana and Mahabharata)

Ed. by Bholashankar Vyas. 887 pages. Published in 2000

Volume 4 काव्य Kavya

Ed. by Radhavallabh Tripathi. 631 pages. Published in 1997

Volume 5 गद्य Gadya

Ed. by Jaymant Mishra. 448 pages. Published in 2003

Volume 7 आधुनिक संस्कृत साहित्य का इतिहास

Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya ka Itihas

Ed. by Jagannath Pathak. 749 pages. Published in 2000

Volume 8 काव्यशास्त्र Kavyashastra

Ed. by Vayunandan Pandey. 803 pages. Published in 2001

Volume 9 न्याय Nyaya

Ed. by Gajanan Shastri Musalgaonkar. 460 pages. Published in 1999

Volume 10 वेदान्त Vedanta

Ed. by Sangamlal Pandey. 590 pages. Published in 1999

Volume 11 तन्त्रागम Tantragama

Ed. by Vrajvallabh Dvivedi. 651 pages. Published in 1997

Volume 12 जैन, बौद्ध एवं चार्वाक दर्शन Jain, Bauddha evam Carvaka Darshana

Ed. by Phulchandra Premi & Ramshankar Tripathi. 656 pages. Published in 2007

Volume 13 पुराण Purana

Ed. by Gangadhar Panda. 943 pages. Published in 2006

Volume 15 व्याकरण Vyakarana

Ed. by Gopaldatt Pandey. 480 pages. Published in 2001

Volume 16 ज्योतिषशास्त्र Jyotishashastra

Ed. by Ramchandra Pandey. 382 pages. Published in 2012

Volume 17 आयुर्वेद Ayurveda

Ed. by Ramanath Dvivedi & Ravidatt Tripathi. 672 pages. Published in 2006

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