Monier Monier-Williams
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The book is one of the earliest authoritative works on the fundamental nature of Hinduism, authored by a noted Western scholar, Sir Monier Monier-Williams. The scholarly work deals with the fundamental aspects of Hinduism: the nature of its beliefs, philosophy and practice. It provides precious details on the principal works of Hinduism: the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Dharmashastras. It discusses the essence of the Vedic hymns, the Brahmanas and the ...
All about Hinduism is an easy-to-comprehend introduction to this ancient religion. Although it is the third largest religion in the world and boasts hundreds of millions of followers, many of us remain unfamiliar with what it means to be Hindu. Here readers will find out about the religion's origins, beliefs, culture and more. The book discusses the origins and central beliefs of Hinduism and explains the Hindu idea of God, rites of passage, family life, holy ...
Sir M. Monier-Williams had first published his English-Sanskrit Dictionary in 1851. Subsequently, he embarked upon this Sanskrit-English Dictionary, with the primary object of exhibiting, by a lucid etymological arrangement, the structure of the Sanskrit language, the very key-stone of the science of Comparative Philosophy. The first edition of this Dictionary was completed in 1872 in about twelve years. This is the new Edition (1899), greatly enlarged and ...
Hinduism and its Sources by Sir Monier Monier-Williams is a text of great historical significance, in that it not only describes the essential elements that are constitutive of Hinduism, but also points out the underlying spirit of unity which, in the midst of diversity of races, languages and social usages, has enabled Hindus to survive all the external invasions and historical upheavals. It is this spirit of unity that has enabled Hinduism to be inclusive, ...
The present work, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary of Sir Monier Monier-Williams is a milestone in the history of Sanskrit scholarship in general and of the Sanskrit lexicography in particular. This dictionary had only two predecessors. Indian kosa-s, all written in Sanskrit, were but thesauri of synonyms and antonyms, the concept of arranging words in alphabetical order being conspicuously absent. The first Sanskrit dictionary with western system of alphabetical ...
This edition of Sir Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary was originally published in 1899. All the words are arranged etymologically and philologically with special reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. The author makes reference to several other authors and extant works. This lexicon offers effectual help to the student, in practicing translation into the best Sanskrit for modern expressions and idioms, with their several equivalents, and ...