Word: sanskrit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Humphries says of Professor Lanman's new book that the want has been strongly felt for a practical Sanskrit reader with graduated passages, and with such aids and explanations as would enable the student to prosecute the study of the language with only occasional, if any, assistance from a teacher. This want Professor Lanman undertook some years ago to supply, and he has performed his task with great ability and success. The writer, himself but a tyro, and a "rusty" one, in Sanskrit, has long felt the want of such a book as this, and believes it will be warmly...
...Sanskrit 2 Sever...
...Sanskrit 1 Sever...
...place among the educational institutions of the country as does Harvard, is the one university to which students in special branches must look for instruction. At present the demand for this instruction is but slight, but that it is increasing is shown by the growth of our departments of Sanskrit and Semitic languages. A university should maintain a number of chairs, which bring no direct returns, for the sake of its reputation. We feel sure that the experiment of offering instruction in Chinese, for instance, will in the end result to Harvard's advantage. It is for the sake...
...learn from the Argonaut that there are seven students in Sanskrit at the University of Michigan. Columbia...