Sanskrit Text Society (STS, संस्कृतविद्यासदनम्) is established at Oxford with the support of Sanskrit connoisseurs, enthusiasts, and scholars specializing in various traditional knowledge systems of India. The STS fosters and facilitates diffusion, dissemination, and appreciation of a wide-ranging corpus of Sanskrit texts from Vedic/Hindu, Bauddha, and Jaina intellectual traditions, canonical or non-canonical, in the Sanskrit original and their modern translations, mainly in English and in special cases in major Asian languages also. For this purpose, it aims to train a new generation of Sanskrit scholars in Oxford and India/Nepal focused on critical edition and translation of Sanskrit texts. It also aims to serve as a platform for exchange between Oxford-led and international specialists of Indian Studies and the South Asian community in Greater London, and beyond.
For the sake of sharing and relishing early South Asian culture and knowledge systems preserved in Sanskrit, the STS will organize regular gatherings of Sanskrit connoisseurs and enthusiasts in and around Oxford/London. It will eventually inaugurate in Oxford a Sanskrit House to commemorate classical Sanskrit poets/authors and scholars of ancient and modern times.