Sir William Jones’ Quote about Sanskrit Language

Sir William Jones’ Quote about Sanskrit Language

“The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin and more exquisitely refined than either;...”
— Sir William Jones

Know source and context of this Quote :

Source :

Book: “India : Historical Beginning of the Concept on the Aryan.”
Article: “Aryan Origin: A Short History of Linguistic Arguments.”
Author: Madhav M. Deshpande.

Context:

Sir William Jones, in his address to the third annual meeting of Asiatic Society (Now known as The Asiatic Society) in Kolkata on 2 February 1786, was the first to publicly point out the natural connection between Sanskrit and Latin.
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