The Indo-Aryan language of Sanskrit is the primary language of Hinduism and also a scholarly language of Buddhism. Dating back to the second millennium BCE, it is considered to be the parent of most modern languages of India, and remains central to work in Indo-European studies, philology and linguistics today. First published in 1806, this is a comprehensive grammar of Sanskrit, compiled by the Baptist missionary William Carey (1761–1834) during his time in India. Its purpose was to make the language accessible to European learners, presenting its complex systems of verb conjugation, compound words and affixation in a straightforward way. Reissued here in a two-volume set, the work covers characters, pronouns, verbs, word formation and syntax, also including numerous examples, an appendix on the roots of Sanskrit words, and an index. Carey's reference works on Marathi and Bengali are also reissued in this series.

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Product details
- Date Published: February 2013
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108055987
- length: 1078 pages
- dimensions: 297 x 210 mm
- weight: 2.56kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1. Dedication
Preface
Book I:
1. Of letters
2. Of words
3. Of sundhi, or the permutation of letters
Book II:
1. Of nouns substantive
2. Of adjectives
3. Of pronouns
Book III:
1. Of verbs
2. Of the causal verbs
3. Of the optative verbs
4. Of the frequentative verbs
5. Observations upon the dhatoos. volume 2. Book IV:
1. Of the formation of words
2. Of derivative words
3. Of compound words
4. Of the gender of nouns
Book V:
1. Of syntax
2. Exercises for parsing
Appendix containing a list of the dhatoos, or roots
Index
Errata.
Author
William Carey