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How Long Does it Take to Read The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha by Madhava

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

I well remember the interest excited among the learned Hindus of Calcutta by the publication of the Sarva-darsana-samgraha of Madhava acharya in the Bibliotheca Indica in 1858. It was originally edited by Pandit isvarachandra Vidyasagara, but a subsequent edition, with no important alterations, was published in 1872 by Pandit Taranatha Tarkavachaspati. The work had been used by Wilson in his "Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus" (first published in the Asiatic Researches, vol. xvi., Calcutta, 1828); but it does not appear to have been ever much known in India. Copies of it are very scarce; and those found in the North of India, as far as I have had an opportunity of examining them, seem to be all derived from one copy, brought originally from the South, and therefore written in the Telugu character. Certain mistakes are found in all alike, and probably arose from some illegible readings in the old Telugu original. I have noticed the same thing in the Nagari copies of Madhava's Commentary on the Black Yajur Veda, which are current in the North of India. As I was at that time the Oriental Secretary of the Bengal Asiatic Society, I was naturally attracted to the book; and I subsequently read it with my friend Pandit Mahesachandra Nyayaratna, the present Principal of the Sanskrit College at Calcutta. I always hoped to translate it into English; but I was continually prevented by other engagements while I remained in India. Soon after my return to England, I tried to carry out my

How long is The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha?

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha by Madhava is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha?

The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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