[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › A History of Sanskrit Literature # A History of Sanskrit Literature Classical Sanskrit: language, epic and lyric kāvya, gnomic and didactic poetry, fable, romance, poetics and metre, and the scientific śāstras (law, medicine, astronomy, mathematics). - **Language:** English - **Author:** [A. Berriedale Keith](https://indike.org/pramana/person/keith-ab) - **Extent:** 3,085 passages, 218,055 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 reprint of the 1920 edition; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash;… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (A. Berriedale Keith †1944); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c1) — 7 parts - [c2 A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c2) — 8 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c3) — 123 parts - [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c4) — 11 parts - [c5 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c5) — 33 parts - [c6 Part I. The Language](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c6) — 1 part - [c7 I. Sanskrit, Prākrit, and Apabhraṁça](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c7) — 5 parts - [c8 Part II. Belles-Lettres and Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c8) — 1 part - [c9 II. The Origin and Development of Kāvya Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c9) — 5 parts - [c10 III. Açvaghoṣa and Early Buddhist Kāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c10) — 4 parts - [c11 IV. Kālidāsa and the Guptas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c11) — 9 parts - [c12 V. Bhāravi, Bhaṭṭi, Kumāradāsa, and Māgha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c12) — 4 parts - [c13 VI. The Lesser Epic Poets](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c13) — 66 parts - [c14 VII. Historical Kāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c14) — 8 parts - [c15 VIII. Bhartṛhari, Amaru, Bilhaṇa, and Jayadeva](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c15) — 4 parts - [c16 IX. Lyric Poetry and the Anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c16) — 4 parts - [c17 X. Gnomic and Didactic Poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c17) — 2 parts - [c18 XI. The Didactic Fable](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c18) — 6 parts - [c19 XII. The Bṛhatkathā and its Descendants](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c19) — 5 parts - [c20 XIII. The Romantic and the Didactic Tale](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c20) — 2 parts - [c21 XIV. The Great Romances](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c21) — 9 parts - [c22 XV. The later Romances and the Campūs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c22) — 2 parts - [c23 XVI. The Aims and Achievement of Sanskrit Poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c23) — 2 parts - [c24 XVII. The West and Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c24) — 6 parts - [c25 XVIII. Theories of Poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c25) — 4 parts - [c26 Part III. Scientific Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c26) - [c27 XIX. The Origin and Characteristics of the Scientific Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c27) — 2 parts - [c28 XX. Lexicography and Metrics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c28) — 4 parts - [c29 XXI. Grammar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c29) — 4 parts - [c30 XXII. Civil and Religious Law (Dharmaçāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c30) — 4 parts - [c31 XXIII. The Science of Politics and Practical Life (Arthaçāstra, Nītiçāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c31) — 5 parts - [c32 XXIV. The Science of Love](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c32) — 14 parts - [c33 XXV. Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c33) — 11 parts - [c34 XXVI. Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c34) — 5 parts - [c35 XXVII. Astronomy, Astrology, and Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c35) — 9 parts - [c36 English Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c36) — 230 parts - [c37 Sanskrit Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c37) — 161 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920) · Pramāṇa