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{{Short description|The Christian scriptures into the classic language of India}}
'''[[Translation of the Bible]] into [[Sanskrit]]''' is among the first wave of Bible translations into Indian languages.

==History==
Translation work of the Bible into Sanskrit was undertaken by [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]] soon after his arrival in India as a missionary. He had the conviction that a Sanskrit Bible would be an ideal medium to communicate with the intellectual mass of India. He also believed that a Sanskrit Bible would serve as a basis for translating the Bible into other Indian vernacular languages. He was greatly aided by native Sanskrit [[pandit]]s in this endeavour. The texts were translated from the original [[Koiné Greek|Greek]] and [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]].

The [[New Testament]] was published at the Baptist Missionary Press in [[Calcutta]] in 1808, and the [[Old Testament]] in four volumes followed in 1818.

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| ईश्वर इत्थं जगददयत यत् स्वमद्वितीयं तनयं प्राददात् ततो यः कश्चित् तस्मिन् विश्वसिष्यति सोऽविनाश्यः सन् अनन्तायुः प्राप्स्यति।<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanskritbible.in/readmode.html|title=सत्यवेदः। Sanskrit Bible - Study Mode|website=sanskritbible.in|access-date=2016-11-09|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220171746/http://sanskritbible.in/readmode.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Current status==
Though the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries brought out the Bible in the Sanskrit language with great enthusiasm and expectation, their efforts didn’t gain much traction, partly due to the influx of [[Bible translations into the languages of India|Bible translations in the vernacular languages]] also issuing from the presses. Even though there were some revisions to the text, the Sanskrit Bible remains as a purely academic endeavour and is no longer in active circulation. There were hardly any major revisions to these translations and physical copies of the original volumes are today only available in the archives of a few Western libraries. The [[Krishnapuram Palace]] in [[Kerala]] is also reported to be in possession of a copy of the Sanskrit Bible.

The [[Bible Society of India]] still publishes a version of the New Testament in Sanskrit. The digitized copies of the Sanskrit Bible (both the New Testament and the four volumes of the Old Testament) are available at archive.org<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/NewTestamentOfBibleInSanskrit|title=New Testament of Bible in Sanskrit|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/dharmmapustakasy00brit|title=Dharmmapustakasya sesamsah : arthatah Prabhuna Yisukhristena nirupitasya Nutandharmmaniyamastu granthasangrahah|date=March 9, 1922|publisher=Kalikatanagare : Kalikata-Sahakarina Vritisapharendharmmasamajena|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/holybibleinsansc00gill|title=The Holy Bible in the Sanscrit Language ...|date=March 9, 1848|publisher=Calcutta : [Calcutta Baptist Missionaries]|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/holybibleinsansc02weng|title=The Holy bible in the Sanscrit language..|first1=John|last1=Wenger|first2=William|last2=Yates|date=March 9, 1848|publisher=Calcutta, Printed at the Baptist mission press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/holybibleinsansc03weng|title=The Holy bible in the Sanscrit language..|first1=John|last1=Wenger|first2=William|last2=Yates|date=March 9, 1848|publisher=Calcutta, Printed at the Baptist mission press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/holybibleinsansc04weng|title=The Holy bible in the Sanscrit language..|first1=John|last1=Wenger|first2=William|last2=Yates|date=March 9, 1848|publisher=Calcutta, Printed at the Baptist mission press|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Online version==
With the objective of reviewing the Sanskrit Bible and making it freely available online, a wiki project [http://sanskritbible.in/ SanskritBible.in] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115214418/http://sanskritbible.in/ |date=2021-01-15 }} is available on the internet.

The project relies on volunteers to encode the Sanskrit text into [[Devanagari]] script based on the digitized copies of the Sanskrit Bible published by The Calcutta Baptist Missionaries. The site has also stated the revision of the Sanskrit Bible texts as one of its objectives. The transcription of the New Testament is currently being undertaken.

==References==
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[[Category:Bible translations by language|Sanskrit]]
[[Category:History of Christianity in India]]
[[Category:Translations into Sanskrit]]

Bible translations into Sanskrit - Revision history

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