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020			_a9781108439152
082			_a 491.25 R878 C _b104934
100			_aRuppel A M
245			_aThe Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew Delhi _bCambridge _c2017
300			_a431
500			_adeal for courses in beginning Sanskrit or self-study, this textbook employs modern, tried-and-tested pedagogical methods and tools, but requires no prior knowledge of ancient languages or linguistics. Devanagari script is introduced over several chapters and used in parallel with transliteration for several chapters more, allowing students to progress in learning Sanskrit itself while still mastering the script. Students are exposed to annotated original texts in addition to practise sentences very early on, and structures and systems underlying the wealth of forms are clearly explained to facilitate memorisation. All grammar is covered in detail, with chapters dedicated to compounding and nominal derivation, and sections explaining relevant historical phenomena. The introduction also includes a variety of online resources that students may use to reinforce and expand their knowledge: flash cards; video tutorials for all chapters; and up-to-date links to writing, declension and conjugation exercises and online dictionaries, grammars, and textual databases.
505			_aAcknowledgements Studying Sanskrit List of abbreviations Notes for the reader 1. Writing Sanskrit 2. The system of Sanskrit sounds 2a. Word stress: heavy and light syllables 3. Road maps: verbs 4. The present tense 5. Road map: nominals 6. a-stems 7. Vowel gradation and why we need to know about it 8. Absolutives, ta-participle and infinitives; introduction to internal sandhi 9. a-stems 10. Prepositions and preverbs 11. Introduction to external sandhi I: consonant sandhi 12. Imperfect indicative and present potential 13. i- and u-stems sandhi II: visarga sandhi 14. Compound nouns 15. Consonant stems I 16. Sandhi III: vowel sandhi 17. Noun formation 18. Athematic verbs I 19. Athematic verbs II 20. Introduction to pronouns; pronouns I 21. The future tense; middle and passive voice 22. More participles; pronouns II 23. Relative and correlative clauses 24. Consonant stems II; imperatives 25. Noun stems gradation; consonant stems III 26. i- and u-stems 27. The perfect tense I: regular perfect formation 28. The perfect tense II: irregular and unexpected forms 29. r-stems, n-stems; the periphrastic future 30. Secondary middle endings I: thematic verbs 31. Secondary middle endings II: athematic verbs 32. Pronouns III: 1st- and 2nd-person pronouns 33. Desideratives and gerundives 34. The periphrastic perfect; ta-participles ending in -na 35. Perfect participles; more comparatives 36. Absolute constructions; pronouns IV 37. Numerals 38. Aorists 39. Pronouns V: asau/adas 40. Some irregular nouns Appendices: Appendix 1. Devanagari practice handouts Appendix 2. Background Appendix 3. Reference Index
650			_aSanskrit language--Grammar
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