Item #445045 A Sanskrit grammar for students / by Arthur A. MacDonell. Arthur Anthony Macdonell.

A Sanskrit grammar for students / by Arthur A. MacDonell

1950, Reprint of 3rd ed. London : Oxford University Press. Good copy only, in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Light pen and pencil markings to the pages. Front free end-paper missing. Remains fairly well-preserved overall. Item #445045

Physical description: xviii, 264 pages ; 19 cm. Contents: Introduction : brief history of Sanskrit grammar -- Table of the Devan ngar letters -- The alphabet : relation of Sanskrit to Vedic and to the Indian vernaculars ; origin of Indian writing ; arrangement of the letters ; the vowels ; the consonants ; the numerical figures ; pronunciation -- Euphonic combination : external Sandhi ; internal Sandhi -- Declension -- Conjugation -- Indeclinable words -- Nominal stem formation and compounds -- Syntax -- Appendix I : list of verbs -- Appendix II : metre in Classical Sanskrit -- Appendix III : chief peculiarities of Vedic grammar. Subjects: Sanskrit language Grammar. Sanskrit language Study and teaching English speakers.

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