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# A History of Sanskrit Literature c3: Contents

A History of Sanskrit Literature c3

- **Language:** English

### Contents

### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c3.1)

| CHAP. | | | PAGE |  
| I. | INTRODUCTORY . . . . . . . . . | 1 |  
| II. | THE VEDIC PERIOD. . . . . . . . . | 29 |  
| III. | THE RIGVEDA . . . . . . . . . | 40 |  
| IV. | POETRY OF THE RIGVEDA . . . . . . . | 59 |  
| V. | PHILOSOPHY OF THE RIGVEDA . . . . . . | 116 |  
| VI. | THE RIGVEDIC AGE. . . . . . . . . | 139 |  
| VII. | THE LATER VEDAS . . . . . . . . . | 171 |  
| VIII. | THE BRĀHMAṆAS . . . . . . . . | 202 |  
| IX. | THE SŪTRAS . . . . . . . . . | 244 |  
| X. | THE EPICS . . . . . . . . . | 277 |  
| XI. | KĀVYA OR COURT EPIC . . . . . . . | 318 |  
| XII. | LYRIC POETRY . . . . . . . . . | 335 |  
| XIII. | THE DRAMA . . . . . . . . . | 346 |  
| XIV. | FAIRY TALES AND FABLES . . . . . . | 368 |  
| XV. | PHILOSOPHY . . . . . . . . . | 385 |  
| XVI. | SANSKRIT LITERATURE AND THE WEST . . . . | 408 |  
| | APPENDIX ON TECHNICAL LITERATURE—LAW—HISTORY— GRAMMAR—POETICS—MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY— MEDICINE—ARTS . . . . . . . . | 428 |  
| | BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES . . . . . . | 438 |  
| | INDEX . . . . . . . . . | 455 |

### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c3.2)

A HISTORY OF

### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c3.3)

SANSKRIT LITERATURE

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