The Sanskrit Language: An Overview - History and Structure, Linguistic and Philosophical Representations, Uses and Users by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat (2000)

Specification: Publisher : Indica Books By : Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat Cover : Paperback Edition : November 1, 2000 Language : English Pages : 136 Weight : 300 g. Size : 5.6 x 0.3 x 8.6 inches ISBN-10: 8186569170 ISBN-13: 978-8186569177 Product Code: BK14265 Description: The 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 pandit 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