Sir William Jones, Interpreter of India to the WestDistributors, Booklinks Corporation, 1998 - 147 pages Critical evaluation of the contributions of Sir William Jones, 1746-1794, eminent orientalist. |
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Page 81
... suggests that a study of the Sanskrit works on the subject , most of which might not be available , would be worth the while of any European botanist . Though the Indians had , had very few sciences as such , of arts they had many ...
... suggests that a study of the Sanskrit works on the subject , most of which might not be available , would be worth the while of any European botanist . Though the Indians had , had very few sciences as such , of arts they had many ...
Page 86
... suggests four principal sources of all mythology : historical , or natural , truth perverted into a fable by ... suggest quite a few other parallels also : Indian Ganesa is compared to the Italian Janu , because they have fairly common ...
... suggests four principal sources of all mythology : historical , or natural , truth perverted into a fable by ... suggest quite a few other parallels also : Indian Ganesa is compared to the Italian Janu , because they have fairly common ...
Page 87
... suggested in the anniversary discourses . Jones was the first ever European scholar to examine this question and he ... suggests for this purpose a comparative view of some of the basic facts . “ We may safely conclude , " he says ...
... suggested in the anniversary discourses . Jones was the first ever European scholar to examine this question and he ... suggests for this purpose a comparative view of some of the basic facts . “ We may safely conclude , " he says ...
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