[Y-Indology] The first western grammar of Sanskrit [ was: [ctamil] Nagari-to-Tamil script converter ]

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naga_ganesan wrote:

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> The first printed Sanskrit grammar from the West was

> Bartholomaeo's 1790 edition.

>

> What script is used in Father Roth's grammar:

> Grantham or Nagari?

Father Roth learned his Sanskrit in North India and hardly even knew

Grantha. It was he who also prepared the table of Devanagari published

in Athanasius Kircher's China illustrata in 1667. Paulinus a S.

Bartholomaeo learned his Sanskrit in the South and used accordingly

Grantha. In the 18th century the Propaganda Press in Rome published

several introductions to Indian and related writing systems including

Alphabetum Brammhanicum 1771 on Devanagari (with examples in Hindi) and

Alphabetum Grandonico-Malabaricum 1772 on Grantha.

Regards

Klaus

 

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