On Sanskrit (and Latin)

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I fell in love with Sanskrit in Dr John Smith’s office in the ‘Oriental Studies’ building (as it was then still called) in Cambridge in early October 2002, now somewhat over 20 years ago, a bit like I fell in love with Hardy standing in Shenfield library in about 1991.¹ It was a coup de foudre. There wasn’t a textbook and Dr Smith’s method made few conce…