Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (born May 11, 1854 in Muzaffarpur , Bihar , India, † December 28, 1930 ) was a British Sanskritist .
Macdonell was born in India and trained at the University of Göttingen , then he enrolled at Corpus Christi College in 1876 , won a classic scholarship ( Exhibition ) and three scholarships (for German , Sanskrit and Chinese ). He graduated with special classical awards in 1880 and was appointed Taylorian Teacher of German at Oxford. In 1883 he received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig and in 1888 became Deputy Professor for Sanskrit in Oxford and in 1899 soil professor for Sanskrit. In 1919 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Macdonell edited various Sanskrit texts, wrote a grammar, wrote a dictionary, published a work on Vedic mythology and wrote a history of Sanskrit. He also translated hymns from the Rig Veda . His "Vedic Reader for Students" has been reissued until recently. He is considered to be one of the best experts on the Vedic language .
His book A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis Throughout ( Practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, emphasis and etymological analysis can) because it is consistently transliterated, used by comparative philologists, be that not a single syllable signs of Devanagari - know scripture. Information is also given on the chronological classification of the words and the frequency or rarity of their occurrence.
Works (selection)
- A History of Sanskrit Literature (1900)
- A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. London: Longmans, 1893
- A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. (Reprinted lithographically.) (London) Oxford University Press (1971) / New Delhi, India Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2003
- The Brhad-Devata Attributed to Saunaka: A Summary of the Deities and Myths of the Rgveda - Critically edited in the original Sanskrit with an introduction and seven appendices and translated into English with critical and illustrative notes , Cambridge, 1904. 2 v., xxxv, 198, 334 p.
- History of Vedic Grammar , Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, iv, 448 p., ISBN 81-7453-143-2 .
- History of Vedic Mythology , New Delhi, Sanjay Prakashan, 2004, ix, 270 p., ISBN 81-7453-103-3 .
- A Sanskrit Grammar for Students , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-815466-6 .
- Hymns from the Rigveda. The Heritage of India Series. Calcutta. Digitized
- India's past: a survey of her literatures, religions, languages and antiquities. Reprint [of the ed.] Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1994
- A Vedic Reader for Students. 15. Impression Madras u. a .: Oxford University Press 1988 / Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 2002
Web links
- Literature by and about Arthur Anthony Macdonell in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macdonell, Arthur Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Sanskritist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muzaffarpur , Bihar , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1930 |