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... Sanskrit and of Latin , the former owes its origin , not to an admiration of the classical literature of India , nor to a recognition of the importance of Sanskrit for the purposes of Comparative Philology , but to an express desire on ...
... Sanskrit and of Latin , the former owes its origin , not to an admiration of the classical literature of India , nor to a recognition of the importance of Sanskrit for the purposes of Comparative Philology , but to an express desire on ...
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... Sanskrit , and it was the study of Sanskrit which formed the foundation of Comparative Philology . It is perfectly true that Sanskrit had been studied before by Italian , German , and French missionaries ; it is likewise perfectly true ...
... Sanskrit , and it was the study of Sanskrit which formed the foundation of Comparative Philology . It is perfectly true that Sanskrit had been studied before by Italian , German , and French missionaries ; it is likewise perfectly true ...
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... Sanskrit has so many words in common with Greek and Latin ? ' He presents not only long lists of words , but he calls attention to the still more curious fact , that the grammatical forms in Sanskrit show the most startling similarity ...
... Sanskrit has so many words in common with Greek and Latin ? ' He presents not only long lists of words , but he calls attention to the still more curious fact , that the grammatical forms in Sanskrit show the most startling similarity ...
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... Sanskrit . A kind of silent conviction began to spread that there must be in Sanskrit a remedy for all evils ; people could not rest till every word in Greek and Latin had , in some disguise or other , been discovered in Sanskrit . Nor ...
... Sanskrit . A kind of silent conviction began to spread that there must be in Sanskrit a remedy for all evils ; people could not rest till every word in Greek and Latin had , in some disguise or other , been discovered in Sanskrit . Nor ...
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... Sanskrit . Sanskrit certainly forms the only sound foundation of Comparative Philology , and it will always remain the only safe guide through all its intricacies . A comparative philologist without a knowledge of Sanskrit is like an ...
... Sanskrit . Sanskrit certainly forms the only sound foundation of Comparative Philology , and it will always remain the only safe guide through all its intricacies . A comparative philologist without a knowledge of Sanskrit is like an ...
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