Ancient Indian Grammar

Language study was very important in ancient India As it was part of the Vedic education. The book contains eight chapters. These give a general outline of grammatical literature and some concepts of the great Grammrians in a comprehensive manner. Various ascpect of language study have been attempted in this book: Speech, Sound, Etymology, Word, Grammar Meaning and Comprehension.

Interested students in learning about the grammatical tradition of ancient India this Book is a starting point.

This booklet contains a few articles (papers) originally presented at different International Conferences. Some of them also appeared in the Jounral of Indian Linguistics.

Language study was very important in ancient India as it was part of the Vedic education.

These articles give a general outline of grammatical literature and some concepts of the great Grammrians in a comprehensive manner. Various ascpects of language study have been attempted in these papers: speech sounds, etymology, word, grammar, meaning and comprehension.

Anybody interested in learning about the grammatical tradition of ancient India for them this booklet could be a starting point. My endeavour will be amply rewarded if interested readers find a historical perspective in the arrangement of the articles and enjoy reading them.