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From: Amazon
Posted: Jan-25-2008

Only good for review. Not suitable for learners.

The back cover of my edition of this book claims that it is suitable for self-study, which is untrue. I started this book after completing volume one of Thomas Egenes' INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT, and I was completely stumped when I got to the later exercises. There is very little annotation and...

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Posted: May-12-2006

Very useful - but not for self-study

The book is exactly what the title indicates, concise and elementary. It is a great book to use in a class, with a teacher who can explain what it all means. It is not at all suitable for self-study. If you want to learn Sanskrit on your own, try Coulson's Teach Yourself Sanskrit.

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Posted: Apr-19-2006

terrible 2

I am totally of the same opinion with serbian friend who commented on this book three years ago.Please buy Thomas Egenes' 'Intros to Sanskrit 1 and 2'. Avoid Whitney and Gonda.

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Posted: Jan-27-2003

Terrible

First the good points: First few pages, dealing with the script, are rather good and clear in presentation. Those pages, that can be seen scanned on the site, attracted me to buy this book.Now, the bad points: All the rest of the book. Instead of clear explanations and tabular presentation of...

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Posted: Aug-04-2000

Classic initial Sanskrit grammar

The classic Sanskrit grammar is, of course, Whitney. It, however, includes Vedic Sanskrit and very rare forms. Jan Gonda provides a basic, understandable grammar that covers everything a first year student needs to know. His straight-forward style also makes this volume useful for...

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