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PREFACE.
§A,NSKRIT is the name given to the ancient literary Ian-* guage of India, In it are written the ancient, scriptures of the Vedic and the Puranic religion. It occupies the same position within the bounds of the Indian continent, as Latin and Greek do in the Western world. All have been the independent fountain-heads of many later offshoots in the form of vernaculars and all have been the standards for imitation and assimilation. The sciences of Comparative Philology and Mythology owe their origin to what has been termed c the Discovery of Sanskrit.' The affinity that exists among the various Indo-Aryan languages has greatly helped to unravel the past history of man. "To the Sanskrit, the antiquity and extent of its literary documents, the transparency of its grammatical structure, th^ comparatively primitive state of its accent-system and thorough grammatical treatment it has early received at the hands ;of native scholars, must ever secure the foremost place in the comparative study of Indo-Aryan researches."
The history of Sanskrit affords considerable scope for a study of the growth* of language. It presents distinct varieties of speech which are linked together exactly as Modern English is with the Anglo-Saxon. The most ancient form is that composing the text of the Rig Veda Samihta. 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