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British Sanskrit scholar (1854–1930)
Macdonell in 1901
Arthur Anthony Macdonell ,
FBA (11 May 1854 – 28 December 1930)
[1] was a
Sanskrit scholar.
Biography
Macdonell was born at
Muzaffarpur in the
Tirhut region of the state of
Bihar in
British India ,
[2] the son of Charles Alexander Macdonell, of the Indian Army. He was educated at
Göttingen University , then matriculated in 1876 at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford , gaining a classical exhibition and three scholarships (for German, Chinese, and the
Boden Scholarship for Sanskrit). He graduated with classical honours in 1880 and was appointed
Taylorian Teacher of German (language) at Oxford. In 1883 he obtained his PhD from the
University of Leipzig , and then became Deputy Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford in 1888, and
Boden Professor of Sanskrit in 1899 (a post that carried with it a
fellowship of
Balliol College, Oxford ).
[3]
Macdonell edited various Sanskrit texts, wrote a
grammar ,
[4] compiled a dictionary, and published a Vedic grammar, a Vedic Reader, and a work on
Vedic mythology ; he also wrote a history of Sanskrit.
Selected works
A Sanskrit-English Dictionary . London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1893.
OCLC
457790041 .
Vedic Mythology . Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner. 1897.
OCLC
866585190 .
A History of Sanskrit Literature . New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1900.
A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners (Second ed.). London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1901 [1886].
OCLC
1256737328 .
Bṛhad-devatā, attributed to Saunaka: a summary of the deities and myths of the Rig-veda; Part I Introduction and text and Appendices . Harvard Oriental Series. Vol. V. Cambridge: Harvard University. 1904.
OCLC
466061914 .
Bṛhad-devatā, attributed to Saunaka: a summary of the deities and myths of the Rig-veda; Part II Translation and Notes . Harvard Oriental Series. Vol. VI. Cambridge: Harvard University. 1904.
OCLC
466061914 .
Vedic Grammar . Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner. 1910.
OCLC
1141304420 .
MacDonell, Arthur Anthony ;
Keith, Arthur Barriedale (1912).
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects . Vol. 1. London: John Murray.
OCLC
877534019 .
MacDonell, Arthur Anthony ;
Keith, Arthur Barriedale (1912).
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects . Vol. 2. London: John Murray.
OCLC
877534019 .
A Vedic Reader for Students . Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1917.
OCLC
954916863 .
Hymns from the Rigveda . London: Oxford University Press. 1922.
OCLC
827188 .
Lectures On Comparative Religion . Calcutta: University of Calcutta. 1925.
OCLC
557945422 .
India's past: A Survey of her Literatures, Religions, Languages, and Antiquities . Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1927.
OCLC
39784406 .
References
^
Clark, Walter E. (March 1936). "Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1854–1930)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 70 (10): 554–555.
JSTOR
20023183 .
^
Clark, Walter E. (March 1936). "Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1854–1930)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 70 (10): 554–555.
JSTOR
20023183 .
^ Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907).
"Macdonell, Arthur Anthony" . Who's Who . p. 1117.
^ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony.
"Sanskrit Grammar" .
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