Wilson Philological Lectures: ON SANSKRIT AND THE DERIVED LANGUAGES DELIVERED IN 1877

About the book:-The renowned Sanskrit scholar Dr Bhandarkar was appointed Wilson Philological Lecture in 1877 and was the first lecturer under the endowment. His subject was the Sanskrit and Prakrit languages derived from it. It was under this that he delivered a course of seven Lectures on Sanskrit. These important Lectures were delivered by him in 1877 at the University of Bombay. The seven lectures discuss the general laws guiding the development of language; Pali and the dialects; Prakrit and Apabhramsha; Phonology of the Northern vernaculars; Remnants of the older grammatical forms relation between Sanskrit, Pali, the Prakrit and the modern languages etc. The method he followed is strictly historical, tracing the modern vernaculars from the original Sanskrit through all the different stages of development of which we have evidence and assigning the different transformations to their causes, natural or physical, racial, and historical. These lectures, with the exception of the fifth and the sixth, were thoroughly revised afterwards and the first two and the seventh were published in Vol. XVI of the Journal, B.B.R.A.S., between the years 1883 and 1885; while the third and the fourth were published between 1887 and 1889. The other two lectures remained in manuscript for a long time, until he finished his book on “Vaisnavism, Saivism etc,” which was written for the series of Encyclopaedia of Indo-Aryan Research. These have now been revised and he publishes them for the first time along with a reprint of the other five lectures in the present volume. About the Author:Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar was an Indian scholar, orientalist, and social reformer. He taught at Elphinstone College, (Mumbai) and Deccan College (Pune) during his distinguished teaching career. He was involved in research and writing throughout his life. He retired in 1894 as the Vice Chancellor of Bombay University. He participated in international conferences on Oriental Studies held in London (1874) and Vienna (1886), making invaluable contributions. Historian R. S. Sharma wrote of him: "He reconstructed the political history of the Satavahanas of the Deccan and the history of Vaishnavism and other sects. A great social reformer, through his researches he advocated widow marriages and castigated the evils of the caste system and child marriage."As an educationist, he was elected to the Council of India in 1903 as a non-official member. The Title 'Wilson Philological Lectures: ON SANSKRIT AND THE DERIVED LANGUAGES DELIVERED IN 1877 written/authored/edited by R. G. BHANDARKAR', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121225953 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 315 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-