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Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906), scholar of indology
Indology

Indology is the academic study of the languages, texts, history and cultures of the Indian subcontinent, and as such a subset of Asian studies....
, B.A. of Queen's College was elected to the vacant Sanskrit Scholarship on Nov 24, 1849. He translated the Vedic
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
 scriptures into English. He also produced translations of other Sanskrit literature, including a verse version of the Ramayana and the Kumara Sambhava of Kalidasa
Kalidasa

Kalidasa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His floruit cannot be dated with precision, but most likely falls within the Gupta Empire, probably in the 4th century BC or 5th century or 6th century....
. He held the position of principal at the Benares College in India.

His translation of the Rigveda
Rigveda

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian subcontinent sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the Rigvedic deities . It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas....
 follows the text of Max Müller
Max Müller

Friedrich Max M?ller , more commonly known as Max M?ller, was a German Confederation philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indology and the discipline of comparative religion....
's six-volume Sanskrit edition.






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Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906), scholar of indology
Indology

Indology is the academic study of the languages, texts, history and cultures of the Indian subcontinent, and as such a subset of Asian studies....
, B.A. of Queen's College was elected to the vacant Sanskrit Scholarship on Nov 24, 1849. He translated the Vedic
Vedas

The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in History of India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest Hindu scripture of Hinduism....
 scriptures into English. He also produced translations of other Sanskrit literature, including a verse version of the Ramayana and the Kumara Sambhava of Kalidasa
Kalidasa

Kalidasa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. His floruit cannot be dated with precision, but most likely falls within the Gupta Empire, probably in the 4th century BC or 5th century or 6th century....
. He held the position of principal at the Benares College in India.

His translation of the Rigveda
Rigveda

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian subcontinent sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the Rigvedic deities . It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas....
 follows the text of Max Müller
Max Müller

Friedrich Max M?ller , more commonly known as Max M?ller, was a German Confederation philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indology and the discipline of comparative religion....
's six-volume Sanskrit edition. His readings generally follow the work of the great scholar Sayana
Sayana

was an important commentator on the Vedas. He flourished under King Bukka I and his successor Harihara II, in the Vijayanagar Empire of South India....
 who was Prime Minister at the court of the King of Vijaynagar
Vijayanagara

Vijayanagara is in Bellary District, northern Karnataka. It is the name of the now-ruined capital city, located at , of the historic Vijayanagara empire which extended over the southern part of India....
 - in what is now the District of Bellary
Bellary

Bellary is a historic city in Bellary District in Karnataka state, India....
 in the India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n state of Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 - in the fourteenth century.

Now long out of copyright, copies of his translation of the Rigveda
Rigveda

The Rigveda is an ancient Indian subcontinent sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the Rigvedic deities . It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas....
, Samaveda
Samaveda

The Samaveda , is third of the four Vedas, the ancient core Hindu scriptures. Its earliest parts are believed to date from 1000 BC and it ranks next in sanctity and liturgical importance to the Rigveda....
, White Yajurveda, Atharvaveda
Atharvaveda

The Atharvaveda is a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".According to tradition, the Atharvaveda was mainly composed by two groups of rishis known as the Atharvanas and the Angirasa, hence its oldest name is ....
 and Ramayana are available on the internet.

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki (published 1870) ()
  • Hymns of the Rigveda (published 1889) ()
  • Hymns of the Samaveda (published 1893) ()
  • Hymns of the Atharvaveda (published 1896) ()
  • The Texts of the White Yajurveda (published 1899) ()