Chapter SANGUICEL to SANSKRIT of S by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

not.”— Fryer, 161.

1689.—“… the learned Language among them is called the Sanscreet.”—Ovington, 248.

1694.—“Indicus ludus Tchûpur, sic nominatus veterum Brachmanorum linguâ Indicè dictâ Sanscroot, seu, ut vulgo, exiliori sono elegantiae causâ Sanscreet, non autem Hanscreet ut minus recte eam nuncupat Kircherus.”—Hyde, De Ludis Orientt., in Syntagma Diss. ii. 264.

1726.—“Above all it would be a matter of general utility to the Coast that some more chaplains should be maintained there for the sole purpose of studying the Sanskrit tongue (de Sanskritze taal) the head-and-mother tongue of most of the Eastern languages, and once for all to make an exact translation of the Vedam or Law book of the Heathen. …”—Valentijn, Choro. p. 72.

1760.—“They have a learned language peculiar to themselves, called the Hanscrit. …”—Grose, i. 202.

1774.—“This code they have written in their own language, the Shanscrit. A translation of it is begun under the inspection of one of the body, into the Persian language, and from that into English.”—W. Hastings, to Lord Mansfield, in Gleig, i. 402.

1778.—“The language as well as the written character of Bengal are familiar to the Natives … and both seem to be base derivatives from the Shanscrit.”—Orme, ed. 1803, ii. 5.

1782.—“La langue Samscroutam, Samskret, Hanscrit ou Grandon, est la plus étendue: ses caractères multipliés donnent beaucoup de facilité pour exprimer ses pensées, ce qui l’a fait nommer langue divine par le P. Pons.”—Sonnerat, i. 224.

1794.—

“With Jones, a linguist, Sanskrit, Greek, or Manks.”

Pursuits of Literature, 6th ed. 286.

1796.—“La madre di tutte le lingue Indiane è la Samskrda, cioè, lingua perfetta, piena, ben digerita. Krda opera perfetta o compita, Sam, simul, insieme, e vuol dire lingua tutta insieme ben digerita, legata, perfetta.”—Fra Paolino, p. 258.