Who said that Sanskrit is 'more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either'?
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Correct answer: A. Sir William Jones
Explanation
Jones made the remark in his Third Anniversary Discourse to the Asiatic Society (Calcutta, 2 February 1786). His suggestion that the three languages share a common source launched comparative philology.
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