First Ever Encyclopedia of the world is not in English but in Sanskrit - V. Sundaram
What has been deliberately suppressed by the Western Scholars rooted in the Eurocentric Anti-Hindu tradition is that the Keladi King Basava Bhupala produced the first ever Encyclopedia of the World in any language, Sivatattva Ratnakara in Sanskrit in 1699—29 years before the first Encyclopedia in English by Ephraim Chambers in 1728 and 52 years before the first Encyclopedia in the French Language by Denis Diderot in 1751.
The Sansrkirt Encyclopedia of Basava Bhupala published in 1699 was in no way less detailed or less verstile than the encyclopedia of Ephraim Chambers in English published in 1728 (London) or Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers of Denis Diderot in French published in 1751 (Paris).
Saraswathi Venkateswaran has made a signal contribution to the advancement of Sanskrit learning by producing her thesis on Sivatattva Ratnakara.The Madras University and its Vice Chancellor Ramachandran have to be congratulated for recognizing the outstanding academic work of Dr Smt Saraswathi Venkateswaran.
A pioneering Sanskrit encyclopaedia of 1699 AD
Note: According to late Acharya Narendra Bhushan, a great sanskrit and vedic scholar from Kerala, the word ENCYCLOPEDIA itself is derived from a Sanskrit word ENSAKALAPADEEYAM which means the bundle/depository of meanings and explanations of all words (All words is denoted in Sanskrit by SAKALA PADEEYAM, Sakala means all Padeeyam means associated with Words). -- Kumar Chellappan (31 Oct. 2012)
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