<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Sep 23 2008, 08:19 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Sep 23 2008, 08:19 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I want to know, has anyone so far undertaken the task of translating Greek/Roman classics into Sanskrit, for example Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Metamorphoses, Republic, Meditations etc ?
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bhojadeva paramAra commissioned the translation of Iliad and Odyssey into saMskR^ita as mentioned in his apocryphal biography. He was probably also the one who encouraged a better grasp and strategic study of islam. He also set out to teach saMskR^ita to every citizen of his kingdom of the first three varNa-s, and spread the learning of prAkR^ita for the fourth one (says bhaviShyapurANa). So much that even criminals and thieves would submit their defenses, and worker class their petitions, in these polished languages.
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bhojadeva paramAra commissioned the translation of Iliad and Odyssey into saMskR^ita as mentioned in his apocryphal biography. He was probably also the one who encouraged a better grasp and strategic study of islam. He also set out to teach saMskR^ita to every citizen of his kingdom of the first three varNa-s, and spread the learning of prAkR^ita for the fourth one (says bhaviShyapurANa). So much that even criminals and thieves would submit their defenses, and worker class their petitions, in these polished languages.