Question

The Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’ was translated into German by ______.

Options

• James Mill

• Friedrich Max Muller

• Mountstuart Elphinstone 

• Sir John Marshall

Answer 1

The Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’ was translated into German by Friedrich Max Muller.

Explanation:

Friedrich Max Muller was the first to translate the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’ into the German language. He was the editor of 50 volumes of ‘The Sacred Books of the East’. He also compiled the ‘Rigveda’, which has been published in six volumes. He translated the Rigveda into German.