India: What Can It Teach Us - Softcover

Muller K.M., Max F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585090646 ISBN 13: 9781585090648

Publisher: Book Tree, 1999

Synopsis

Max Muller was one of the most respected religious authorities of his time. His accomplishments include translating The Upanishads and editing a massive collection of work called The Sacred Books of the East.

Some of the most valuable and instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only. In her classic dialect, the Sanskrit, we may read with what success ancient India conquered the elements and the world as it was then known.

The study of Sanskrit, and particularly a study of the Vedic Sanskrit, is able to enlighten us and illuminate the darkest passages in the history of the human mind.

This book gives the reader some idea of ancient India, of its ancient literature, and, more particularly, of its ancient religion. Muller will help you see and feel what it was like in ancient India, and the importance that it played in the history of the human race.

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About the Author

Fredrick Max Muller(1823-1900)was a great linguist and Indological Scholar from Germany. He began study of Sanskrit under Prof. Brockhaus and soon chose it as his special pursuit.His first attempt appeared in the translation of Hitopadesha, published in Liepzig 1844. The East India company commissioned him to edit the Rigveda at their expense in 1847,which resulted in the publication of six giant volumes on the subject. He is also credited with elegantly translating Kalidasa's Meghaduta. His list of publications include History of ancient Sanskrit Literature, Introduction to the Science of Religion, Science of Mythology and Auld Lang Syne. Before his death in 1900 at Oxford he was crowned with most honours and awards a scholar could aspire to have.

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Tree
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585090646
• ISBN 13: 9781585090648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284