Sanskrit Grammar

As Latin is key to the study of Western classics, so Sanskrit is the language of ancient Indian literature. This guide begins with an introduction to the Sanskrit alphabet, followed by a treatment of the accent ? its changes in combination, inflection, and tone. Succeeding chapters discuss declension, conjugation, parts of speech, more.

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Posted: Jun-15-2007

Sanskrit Grammar- Whitney

I am presently useing this book in conjunction with Lanman's- Sanskrit Reader. In a University setting with a competent professor, this is undoubtledly a superb combination.Although I am turning the corner on this language (picking up steam, "cooking" with oil...) might I suggest to other...

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Posted: Jun-13-2007

Essential historically but today slightly out-distanced

An essential book to understand what has to be done to regenerate diachronic linguistics and the diachronic approach of Sanskrit, Irano-Aryan languages, and then Indo-Aryan and Indo-European languages. Whitney is one of those who set the main concepts by projecting onto Sanskrit his "modern"...

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Posted: Jan-11-2007

Maybe if you had a Master's Degree in Linguistics.......

This book is AWFUL. If you are trying to learn Sanskrit grammar as a beginner or just interested in getting some basics, this is NOT the book for you. This book would be great as a reference material if you understood complex grammar terms such as another reviewer mentioned. The books is...

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Posted: Feb-22-2006

Whitney Sanskrit Grammar

I like the introductory sections and discussion of differences in classical and Vedic Sanskrit. Still it moves quickly into more detail than can be absorbed with casual study. It is a good reference text -- easier to find things than some of the other grammatical texts -- and it answers some...

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Posted: Sep-29-2004

Classic work in the field

Whitney is the prototype for Sanskrit grammars in English. I suspect the author had in mind Allen and Greenough's Latin grammar or H.W. Smythe's Greek grammar when designing the numeric scheme for each point, theme, and paradigm. It is a very useful system of notation for referencing from other...

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Posted: Mar-23-2000

Exhaustive and well organized reference work

We have been using Whitney's Grammar in addition to Whitney's Roots and the Lanman Reader for the purposes of learning Sanskrit this year. Our professor teaches from a historical linguistic perspective for which this book is fairly well suited. This book is most remarkable for its extremely...

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