A History of Indian Literature v3.c32: Translator's Note
A History of Indian Literature v3.c32
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Translator's Note
v3.c32.1
The first two volumes of the famous *Geschichte der indischen Litteratur* of the Late Dr. M. Winternitz were translated into English during the life-time of the author, and these two volumes, both in German and English, had been well received by orientalists throughout the world.
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Even after a lapse of decades, when nothing of vol. III appeared in English from the ten of brilliant scholars, I took upon myself the task of studying in German itself the said volume, and undertook to translate it into English for my own use. But Shri Sundarlal, the enterprising proprietor of the firm Messrs Motilal Banarsidass, insisted that this translation should be got printed and published. I could not help but accede to his demand. I have for some years been collecting materials for writing an exhaustive and up-to-date history of Sanskrit Literature and here I have utilized some of the materials so collected by putting them within parentheses. I have provided original Sanskrit text in most of the cases to facilitate better appreciation.
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I am grateful to several recent writers on this subject whose essays and books I have unsparingly used and have acknowledged in the body of the work.
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Since the book is a work of reference, my friend Shri D. Satyanārāyaṇa has taken great pains in preparing an index that is more detailed than that in the original German to help the readers in its easy utilization.
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I am fully aware of my poor knowledge of German and no claim is made that the present volume is so good as the two preceding ones, that were translated by an eminent German scholar Mrs. S. Ketkar. So my effort, in the terms of Kālidāsa, is like that of a dwarf raising up his arms in the fond hope of getting something that is beyond his reach and I, therefore, crave indulgence of the readers.
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SUBHADRA JHĀ
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