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The book surveys the development of Sanskrit literature from its Vedic origins through later religious and secular phases, outlining the Rigveda and subsequent Vedic texts, Brāhmaṇas and Sūtras, and the formation of epic, kāvya, lyrical, and dramatic genres. It examines poetic forms, metres, and philosophical thought embedded in the texts, traces narrative and fable traditions, and assesses later technical literatures such as law, grammar, mathematics, medicine, and the arts. The author provides critical bibliographical notes and an appendix to guide further study and considers the relationship between Sanskrit learning and Western scholarship.

S

Sacerdotalism, 183

Sacraments, 251

Sacred cord, 253

Sacrifice, 159, 407;
power of, 73, 183;
growing importance of, 182

Sacrificial fee, 159;
horse, 125;
implements, 112;
post, 112

Sadānanda Yogīndra, 402

Sadānīra (river), 214

Sadukti-karṇāmṛita, 379

Sāhitya-darpaṇa, 348, 434

Sāketa, 308

Salt, 150

Salvas, 213

Salvation, doctrine of, 389, 406

Sāmaveda, 30, 170, 171–174;
accent of, 54 n.;
various readings of, 173

Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa, 211

Saṃhitā, 29;
text, 47, 48, 49, 50

Saṃhitā-pāṭha, 209

Saṃhitopanishad, 211

Sandhi, 21, 48

Sānkhya system, 133, 137, 215, 230, 231, 234, 390–395, 404, 405, 407, 422, 423, 424

Sānkhya-kārikā, 393

Sānkhya-pravachana, 393, 396

Sānkhya Sūtras, 393, 396

Sanskrit, 21;
classical, 4;
meaning of, 22;
as a spoken language, 8, 22–23;
Buddhist texts, 26;
in Germany, 4

Sanskrit dictionary, 5;
epic, 309–310;
inscriptions, 26;
manuscripts, 8, 18, 19, 20;
period, 9, 10, 39;
studies, 2, 3, 4

Sanskrit literature, character of, 277–280;
continuity of, 7, 8, 25;
discovery of, 1–2;
defects of, 10;
extent of, 5;
importance of, 6, 7, 10;
originality of, 7;
periods of, 8

Saptaçataka, 344

Sarasvatī, 93, 103, 119, 125, 140, 141, 145, 155, 174, 210, 214

Sarvadarçana-saṃgraha, 406, 407

Sarvajna Nārāyaṇa, 291

Sarvānukramaṇī, 271–272

Sat, 136

Savitṛi, 8, 71, 78–79, 101, 164

Sāvitrī stanza, 19, 209, 232

Sāvitrī, episode of, 253–255, 296

Sāyaṇa, 59, 61, 62, 174, 186, 259, 270, 275–276, 378, 406

Schiller, Friedrich, 335

Schlegel, Friedrich, 4

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 424

Schroeder, Professor L. v., 176

Scythians, 7, 322, 323, 412

Sea, 68, 77, 143, 144

Second birth, 253

Sectarian systems, 407

Secular hymns, 123

Seleucus, 411, 415

Semitic writing, 16

Sententious tone, 368

Serapion, 427

Serpent, 110;
worship, 111, 182

Setubandha, 331

Shaḍguruçishya, 271, 272

Shaḍviṃça Brāhmaṇa, 210

Shakespeare, 350, 364, 365, 416

Shaving, 164

Siddhānta-çiromaṇi, 435

Siddhānta-kaumudī, 432

Siddhāntas, 426, 434

Silver, 151, 152

Siṃha, 147

Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃçikā, 375

Sindhī dialect, 27

Sindhu, 93, 140, 143, 144

Singers, 159

Singing, 170

Singhalese, 25

Sītā, 216, 305, 312

Skanda Purāṇa, 295

Skylax, 409

Slaves, 152

Smile, whiteness of, 75

Smṛiti, 35, 37, 193, 205

Solar deities, 77–81

Solar race, 157

Solstice, winter, 106

Soma, 29, 30, 65, 68, 71, 74, 87, 92, 97–100, 101, 123, 144, 145, 146, 164, 165, 192, 205, 248

Somadeva, 376

Sons, importance of, 36, 208

Sorcery, 185, 190, 191

Soul, 19, 115, 222, 390, 391, 395, 404, 405

Southern Buddhism, 25

Sphuṭa, 407

Sṛinjayas, 155, 157, 213

Star, morning and evening, 85

Stein, Dr. M. A., 430

Stevenson, missionary, 173

Stevenson, Mr. R. L., 399

Stewart, Dugald, 2

Stilus, 19

Strabo, 151

Strophic metre, 158

Studentship, 253

Style of Vedic poetry, 65

Subandhu, 288, 321, 332

Subhāshitāvalī, 379

Subtilty, fondness for, 65

Suçruta, 436

Suçruta-saṃhitā, 436

Sudās, 154, 155, 159, 169

Sun, 78, 123, 134

Suparṇādhyāya, 204

Sura, 113

Surā, 165

Sūrya, 77, 78, 82

Sūryā, 84, 123, 124

Sūrya-siddhānta, 434

Sutlej, 141, 145, 147, 174

Sūtras, 35, 36, 37, 38, 49, 101, 111 169, 189, 191, 205, 208;
subsidiary, 38–39

Suttapiṭaka, 369

Suvāstu (Swat), 140

Svarbhānu, 114

Svarita accent, 54

Swan, wild, 150

Syllogism, 404

T

Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, 188, 211;
Brāhmaṇa, 53, 180, 191, 203, 211;
Saṃhitā, 176, 177, 179, 190, 196, 211;
Upanishad, 211

Taittirīyas, 176

Takshaçilā, 409

Talavakāra Upanishad, 229

Talavakāras, 209

Tamil, 28

Tāṇḍins, 209

Tāṇḍya Brāhmaṇa, 210

Tantravārttika, 289, 400

Telugu, 18, 28

Thales, 422

Theosophy, 186

Thibaut, Dr., 325, 434, 435

Three constituents of matter, 231, 391;
fires, 95;
strides of Vishṇu, 80;
Vedas, 133;
worlds, 68

Thunder, 85

Tiger, 147, 148

Towns, 158

Trade, 167, 168

Transmigration, 115, 223, 224, 225, 277–278, 383, 387–389, 406, 422

Trasadasyu, 154

Trayī vidyā, 30, 191

Tree, celestial, 116;
deified, 111

Tribes, Aryan, 152–158

Trikāṇḍa-çesha, 433

Trikūṭa, 144

Trinity, earliest Vedic, 95;
Hindu, 88, 95, 102, 231, 277, 286, 301

Trishṭubh metre, 57, 68

Trita Āptya, 88

Tṛitsus, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159

Tulsī Dās, 317

Turvaças, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157

Tvashṭṛi, 106

Twins, primeval, 118

U

Ucchishṭa, 201

Uçīnaras, 155, 157

Udātta accent, 54

Udayanāchārya, 405

Udgātṛi priest, 33

Ujjayinī, 415, 421, 424

Ujjvaladatta, 431

Uṇādi-sūtra, 431

Uṇādigaṇa-sūtra, 432

Upanishad Brāhmaṇa, 209

Upanishads, 34, 50, 99, 133, 178, 182, 189, 191, 202, 204, 208, 218–243, 385;
chronology of, 226

Urvaçī, 107, 108, 119, 216, 346, 352

Ushabhadāta, 322

Ushas, 81–83, 84, 103, 145

Uttararāmacharita, 352, 364–365