[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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) › c19.2 # A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.2 A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.2) WANT of space makes it impossible for me to give even the briefest account of the numerous and, in many cases, important legal and scientific works written in Sanskrit. But I cannot conclude this survey of Sanskrit literature as an embodiment of Indian culture without sketching rapidly the influence which it has received from and exercised upon the nations of the West. An adequate treatment of this highly interesting theme could only be presented in a special volume. - [Previous: c18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c18.44) - [Next: c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.3) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.2) · Pramāṇa