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Unusually for a UK school, the St James Schools teach Sanskrit., [3] [4] [5] which is a compulsory second language for the Prep students. Warwick Jessup, head of Sanskrit department, says: "This is the most perfect and logical language in the world, the only one that is not named after the people who speak it.
In 1812, he went to Paris at the expense of the Bavarian government, with a view to devoting himself vigorously to the study of Sanskrit.There he enjoyed the society of such eminent men as Antoine-Léonard de Chézy (his primary instructor), Silvestre de Sacy, Louis Mathieu Langlès, and, above all Alexander Hamilton (1762–1824), cousin of the American statesman of the same name, who had ...
Sanskrit epigraphy, the study of ancient inscriptions in Sanskrit, offers insight into the linguistic, cultural, and historical evolution of South Asia and its neighbors. Early inscriptions , such as those from the 1st century BCE in Ayodhya and Hathibada , are written in Brahmi script and reflect the transition to classical Sanskrit .
The study of Sanskrit in the Western world began in the 17th century. [1] Some of Bhartṛhari's poems were translated into Portuguese in 1651. [1] In 1779 a legal code known as vivādārṇavasetu was translated by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed from a Persian translation, and published as A Code of Gentoo Laws.
Sir James Mallinson, 5th Baronet, of Walthamstow (born 22 April 1970) is a British Indologist, writer and translator. He is Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford , [ 1 ] and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on the history of medieval Hatha yoga .
St James Junior School in London, England, offers Sanskrit as part of the curriculum. [ 86 ] Italy: University of Bologna , University of Rome , University of Milan , Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , University of Venice , University of Bologna , University of Pisa , University of Naples , University of Cagliari , University of Florence ...
St. James' School, Kolkata, India, is a CNI school, and is one of the oldest private schools in India. It was founded on 25 July in 1864 by Bishop Cotton , [ 1 ] and celebrated its sesquicentenary (150 years) in July 2014.
CMUN 2007 was the first to have delegates from outside Mumbai. Schools like Mayo College, La Martiniere Calcutta, St. James' School, Doon School, Modern School Barakhamba Road, and others attended the conference. 2011 featured the first international delegates from Rato Bangala School from Nepal and Aitchinson College, Pakistan. [citation needed]