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Charles Wilkins (1749?-1836)

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Type de notice: PersonneNom et dates: Charles Wilkins (1749?-1836)Lieu de naissance: Frome, Somerset (GB)Lieu de décès: Londres (GB)Bibliothèque nationale de France: Notice n^o 12210667, https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12210667xISNI: Notice n^o 0000000111883150, https://isni.org/isni/0000000111883150Source: Catalogue général de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Traduisait du sanskrit en anglais – Orientaliste, vécut au Bengale, y créa une imprimerie avec des caractères typographiques orientaux – Premier vrai connaisseur du sanskrit et traducteur de la Bhagavadgītā – Fondateur de la Société asiatique du Bengal (en 1784) – Directeur des bibliothèques, India House Library (en 1800) ; East India Company (en 1801).

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A dictionary Persian, Arabic and English, with a dissertation on the langages, literature and manners of Eastern nations, by John Richardson,... A… (1806-1810)

A Grammar of the Sanskrĭta language, by Charles Wilkins,... (1808)

A Royal grant of land, engraved on a copper plate bearing date 23 years before Christ and discovered among the ruins at Mongueer (1788?)

A Vocabulary Persian, Arabic and English, abridged, from the 4th edition of Richardson's Dictionary, as edited by Charles Wilkins,... by David… (1810)

An inscription on a pillar near Buddal (1788?)

Le Bhagnat-Geeta, ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon... (1787)

Le Bhaguat-geeta, ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon ; contenant un précis de la religion & de la morale des Indiens. Traduit du samscrit… (1787)

Oriental repertory... (1808)

Oriental repertory...published in four numbers, from April, 1791 to January 1793 by Dalrymple (1793)

The Bhăgvăt-Gēetā, or Dialogues of Krĕĕshná and Ărjŏŏn : in eighteen lectures, with notes (1785)

The Bhăgvăt-gēētā, or Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Arjŏon ; in eighteen lectures ; with notes. Translated from the original in the Sănskrĕĕt, or ancient… (1785)

The Hĕĕtōpădēs of Vĕĕshnŏŏ-Sărmā : in a series of connected fables interspersed with moral, prudential and political maxims (1787)

The Radicals of the Sanscrita language (1815)

The Radicals of the Sanskrita language (1815)

The Story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontala, translated from the Mahābhārata, a poem in the Sanskreet language... [Edited by A. Dalrymple.] (1795)

Translation of a Sanskrit inscription (1788?)

Translation of a Sanskrit inscription, copied from a stone at Booddha-Gayā by mr. Wilmot, 1785 (1788?)

Two inscriptions from the Vindhya mountains, translated from Sanskrit. (1 °) Grot of the Seven Rishi's, near Gaya. (2 °) Cave behind Nagarjeni (1790?)

[Observations on the Seeks and their College.] (1788?)