Thrissur: A Sanskrit grammar written by German born grammarian, lexicographer and philologist Jesuit missionary Fr Johann Ernst Hanxleden, popularly known as Arnos Padre, was released in Belgium.

The over 300-year-old work, considered one of the earliest missionary grammars in Sanskrit, was released on April 10, Fr Roy Thottathil SJ, Director of Arnos Padre Academy here, said.
He said  that he received an official communication in this regard from Prof Christphe Vielle and Prof Toon Van Hal of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium., editors and publisher of the book.

The 88-page manuscript of ‘Grammatica Grandonica’ was found missing for over three centuries and it was recovered last year by Hal from a Carmelite monastery’s library in Montecompatri (Rome), Thottathil said. More.

See: Manorama online

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