A History of Indian Literature v1.c7.s2.37
A History of Indian Literature v1.c7.s2.37
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The most powerful lever, however, for this progress, and perhaps the chief event in the history of Sanskrit research was the appearance of the "Sanskrit-Wörterbuch" (Sanskrit Dictionary) compiled by Otto Böhtlingk and Rudolph Roth, published by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in St. Petersburg. The first part of this appeared in the year 1852, and in the year 1875 the work was complete in seven folio volumes—a brilliant monument to German industry.