Velthuis Sanskrit Bible (SANVNT)

Overview

This is the Sanskrit New Testament rendered in Velthuis transliteration, an ASCII scheme for Devanagari developed by Frans Velthuis for typesetting Sanskrit in TeX. The underlying translation dates to the 1851 revised edition by John Wenger (1811–1880), a Swiss-born Baptist missionary, building on earlier work by William Carey (who published the first Sanskrit New Testament in 1808) and William Yates (who revised it in 1841). [1][2] Wenger's translation, produced at the Baptist Mission Press in Calcutta, is regarded as the most academically acclaimed Sanskrit Bible. The digital edition was prepared by SanskritBible.in, a volunteer-driven project that digitized and published the Sanskrit Bible in over 20 scripts. [3]

Language and People

Sanskrit (ISO 639-3: san) is spoken by approximately 24,800 people in India: Index Map. [Glottolog: sans1269]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by SanskritBible.in.

References