Classical heritages

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Dear Brendan,

It's not exactly what you ask, but a little while ago I was thinking 
quantitively about this too, and came up with the estimate that the 
Sanskrit knowledge formation (need a better term) is the product of 
approximately 100 generations of brahmana families.

Best,
Dominik

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Dr Dominik Wujastyk




On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Brendan Gillon wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> I am hoping that someone might be able to direct me to a source which might 
> give me a rough idea of the comparison of the classical heritage of India 
> versus the classical heritage of Europe from Greece and Rome. What I have in 
> mind is something like a first order approximation of the relative sizes of 
> the literature, the manuscripts and their cataloging. Clearly, this must be 
> done for some arbitrarily chosen cut off date.
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> Best wishes,
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> Brendan Gillon
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