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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2014
      28 March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139506984
      9781108055772
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139506984
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      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.71kg, 562 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, South Asian History, British History after 1450, Asian Studies, History
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones (1746–94) was a lawyer, translator and poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics and oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations and political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study and translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next eleven years introducing Europe to the mysticism and rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontalá. Volume 9 of his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones' translation of the Speeches of Isaeus (1779) and perhaps his most influential translation, Sacontalá (1789), a Hindu love fable that explores the depths of Hindu mythology and philosophy. Lauded throughout Europe, Sacontalá would inspire Goethe to write that once it is mentioned, 'everything is said'.

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