Charles Rockwell Lanman (July 8, 1850 - February 20, 1941) was a American scholar of the Sanskrit language. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Sanskrit language (Skt. ...

He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, graduated from Yale University in 1871, was a graduate student there (1871-1873) under James Hadley and WD Whitney, and in Germany (1873-1876) studied Sanskrit under Weber and Roth and philology under Georg Curtius and Leskien. Norwich is a city located in New London County, Connecticut. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894) was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer who edited The Century Dictionary. ... The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. ... Weber is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning weaver. The German pronunciation is best represented in English orthography as VAYBr, while in English it is more likely to be pronounced WEBBr or WAYBr. In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it... Roth is a town in Germany, in the state of Bavaria, situated about 25 km south of Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German). ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... Georg Curtius (April 16, 1820 - August 12, 1885), German philologist, was born, at Lübeck. ...

He was professor of Sanskrit at Johns Hopkins University in 1876-1880 and subsequently at Harvard University. In 1889 he travelled in India and bought for Harvard University Sanskrit and Prakrit books and manuscripts, which, with those subsequently bequeathed to the university by Fitzedward Hall, make the most valuable collection of its kind in America, and made possible the Harvard Oriental Series, edited by Lanman. The Johns Hopkins University is an internationally prestigious private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Prakrit (Sanskrit prakrta: natural, usual, vulgar) refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. ...

In 1879-1884 he was secretary and editor of the Transactions, and in 1889-1890 president of the American Philological Association, and in 1884-1894 he was corresponding secretary of the American Oriental Society, in 1897-1907 vice-president, and in 1907-1908 president. The American Philological Association, founded in 1869, is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to classical studies in language, literature, and history, especially of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. ...

In the Harvard Oriental Series he translated (vol. iv.) into English Rajacekhara's Karpura-Majari (1900), a Prakrit drama, and (vols. vii and viii) revised and edited Whitneys translation of, and notes on, the Atlarva-Veda Samhit (2 vols, 1905); he published A Sanskrit Reader, with Vocabulary and Notes (2 vols, 1884-1888); and he wrote on early Hindu pantheism and contributed the section on Brahmanism to Messages of the World's Religions. Young Indian brahmachari Brahmin Brahmanism is an early form of Hinduism which developed its worship and philosophy from the Vedas. ...

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