TY - BOOK AU - Warwick Jessup AU - Elena Jessup TI - The Story of Rama: A Sanskrit Coursebook for Beginners Part 1 SN - 9788120835504 U1 - 491.28007 J4991 R PY - 2012/// CY - Delhi PB - Motilal Banarsidass KW - Rāma Hindu deity KW - Sanskrit language KW - Sanskrit language--Composition and exercises KW - Sanskrit language--Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - India N1 - The Story of Rama books (Part I-II) together relate, in 16 episodes, the story of the Ramayana. Part I introduces: the standard method of transliteration; the gerund ('having done something'); and the declension of the Sanskrit word for 'that' in all three genders. Part II covers an introduction to the imperative mood; other important noun and pronoun declensions; 'having done something' used with prefixes; the past passive participle; the conjugation of the middle voice and the verb 'to be' in present, future and past tenses; and the completion of the standard method of transliteration ER -