A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature Centre for Studies in Civilizations who generally followed the Sanskrit

who generally followed the Sanskrit text of Stein

It first volume covers the Devi Bhagavata Maahaatmya in one part and 6 Cantos of the Devi Bhagavatam in another part

Hari Om Srivastava (Phalgun

and Overseas Research fellows of The International Institute for Buddhist Studies (Tokyo)

A Concise History of Classical Sanskrit Literature Centre for Studies in Civilizations who generally followed the SanskritIT was in the seventeenth century that the European people, particularly missionaries and travellers, came to know of the Indian languages. In A. D. 1651 Abraham Roger published a Portuguese translation of Bhartrhari's poems. In A. D. 1699 the Jesuit Father Johann Ernst Hanxleden came to India and after getting himself acquainted with the Sanskrit language wrote the first Sanskrit grammar in a European language. The book, however, was not printed but