The Sanskrit Language: An Overview

Author: Pierre-Sylvain FilliozatTranslator(s): T K GopalanPublisher: Indica BooksYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 133ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186569170 DescriptionThe Sanskrit Language by P S Filliozat has the rare distinction of being both an introductory book and a new ground-breaking study. It is an introductory book because the reader gets an accurate overview of the language, and it is also a new ground-breaking study because Filliozat’s approach harmonizes two different and complementary stands that often have been at war: the Western historical and comparative approach and the indigenous pandita tradition. Sanskrit is described here from these two points of view: what the native speakers knew and felt about their language, and what the foreign scholars did discover in their historical and comparative quest.In the Indian branch of the Indo-European family of languages, Sanskrit is unique by its antiquity and stability. It has remained a living language over four millenniums. It