Introduction to Sanskrit (Part Two)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDD537 |
| Author: | Thomas Egenes |
| Publisher: | Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2012 |
| ISBN: | 9788120816930 |
| Pages: | 447 |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Other Details | 9.9" X 7.5" |
| Weight | 1.02 kg |
Book Description
About the Book:
Introduction to Sanskrit, in two volumes, is designed to open the door to India's rich spiritual literature. This self-teaching guide presents Sanskrit pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary in simple and systematic steps, allowing students to easily master the fundamentals of this enchanting language. Each lesson includes instruction in alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary, with concise explanations and easy practice exercises. Also included in Part One is a reading from the Bhagavad-Gita and Sanskrit quotations from the Rk Samhita, Upanisads, Yoga Sutras, Brahma Sutra, and Manu Smrti. Part Two uses verses from the Bhagavad-Gita to teach principles of grammar, and includes additional essay on Sanskrit pronunciation and grammar.
About the Author:
THOMAS EGENES received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, under the guidance of Dr. Seshagiri Rao. Dr. Egenes has published several Sanskrit teaching materials, including a workbook, flash cards, videotapes, and Introduction to Sanskrit, which has been translated into Dutch and German. He has also published a book of stories from the Upanisads, entitled All Love Flows to the Self. Dr. Egenes has given presentations on Sanskrit in India, Europe, Canada, and the United States. He is Associate Professor of the Science of Creative Intelligence at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A.
| LESSON NINETEEN | 1 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-GitaChapter 2, verse 45 | 2 |
| Introduction to meter | 3 | |
| Grammar: | Nominals ending in mat, vat | 5 |
| Norminal suffixes mat, vat, ya, tva | 7 | |
| The imperative | 11 | |
| Theupapada compound | 13 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from Chapter 2, verse 45 of the Bhagavad-Gita | 14 |
| LESSON TWENTY | 20 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 48 | 21 |
| The oral tradition of teaching | 22 | |
| Grammar: | Verb classes 1, 4, 6, 10 | 24 |
| Verb class 8 | 30 | |
| Passive construction | 34 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from Chapter 2, verse 48 | 39 |
| Verbs from class 8 | 39 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-ONE | 44 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gitachapter 2, verse 49 | 45 |
| Traditional methods of memorization | 46 | |
| Grammar: | Nouns ending in as | 49 |
| The bahuvrihi compound | 51 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 49 | 55 |
| Nouns ending in as | 55 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-TWO | 61 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 50 | 62 |
| Divisions of syllables | 63 | |
| Grammar: | The past passive participle | 66 |
| Verb class 3 | 72 | |
| The prefixes su and dus | 75 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from Chapter 2, verse 50 | 77 |
| LESSON TWENTY-THREE | 83 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 51 | 84 |
| Meter | 86 | |
| Grammar: | Nominals with the ending "in" | 92 |
| More class 3 verbs | 95 | |
| Verb class 7 | 96 | |
| Internal sandhi | 97 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 51 | 100 |
| Class 3 verbs | 100 | |
| Nominals with the ending "in" | 100 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-FOUR | 106 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 52 | 107 |
| Svara | 108 | |
| Grammar: | The periphrastic future | 112 |
| The gerundive | 116 | |
| Verb class 5 | 120 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 52 | 123 |
| Verbs from class 5 | 123 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-FIVE | 129 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 53 | 130 |
| Additional letters | 132 | |
| Grammar: | Pronominal adjectives | 134 |
| Verb class 2, 9 | 137 | |
| Summary of verb classes | 141 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 53 | 143 |
| Verbs from class 2 and 9 | 143 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-SIX | 149 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 54 | 150 |
| The alphabet | 152 | |
| Grammar: | The tenses and moods | 155 |
| The perfect | 156 | |
| Interrogative pronouns | 162 | |
| Monosyllabic nouns | 165 | |
| The optative | 166 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 54 | 171 |
| Indefinite particles | 171 | |
| LESSON TWENTY-SEVEN | 177 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 55 | 178 |
| Panini | 180 | |
| Grammar: | Nouns ending in consonants | 183 |
| The infinitive | 185 | |
| The pronoun etad | 191 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 55 | 193 |
| LESSON TWENTY-EIGHT | 199 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 56 | 200 |
| Grammar: | The present participle | 202 |
| Absolute constructions | 209 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 56 | 212 |
| LESSON TWENTY-NINE | 218 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 57 | 219 |
| Grammar: | Feminine nouns in u | 221 |
| The causative | 222 | |
| More pronouns: ayam, idam, iyam | 228 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 57 | 234 |
| LESSON THIRTY | 240 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 58 | 241 |
| Grammar: | Nouns in is, us | 243 |
| Primary suffixes | 245 | |
| Secondary suffixes | 247 | |
| Adverbs | 250 | |
| The desiderative | 252 | |
| Vocabulary: | Words from chapter 2, verse 58 | 258 |
| Nouns formed from primary suffixes | 258 | |
| Nouns formed from secondary suffixes | 258 | |
| LESSON THIRTY-ONE | 264 | |
| Recitation: | Bhagavad-Gita chapter 2, verse 59 | 265 |
| Grammar: | Nouns ending in o, au | 267 |
| The intensive | 296 | |
| The denominative | 296 | |
| The conditional | 270 | |
| The aorist | 270 | |
| Future active and middle participles | 271 | |
| The past active participle | 271 | |
| Cardinal numbers | 271 | |
| Vocabulary: | 272 | |
| Words from chapter 2, verse 59 | 277 | |
| TABLES | Masculine a | 292 |
| Neuter a | 293 | |
| Feminine a | 294 | |
| Masculine i, Feminine i | 295 | |
| Feminine i | 296 | |
| Masculine an | 297 | |
| Neuter an | 298 | |
| Masculine r, Feminine r | 299 | |
| Masculine u, Feminine u | 300 | |
| mad, asmad | 301 | |
| tvad, yusmad | 302 | |
| Masculine tad | 303 | |
| Neuter tad | 304 | |
| Feminine tad | 305 | |
| Masculine mat, vat | 306 | |
| Neuter mat, vat | 307 | |
| Feminine mat, vat | 308 | |
| Neuter as | 309 | |
| Masculine as, Feminine as | 310 | |
| Masculine in | 311 | |
| Neuter in | 312 | |
| Feminine monosyllabic nouns dhi | 313 | |
| Feminine nouns ending in | ||
| consonants vac | 314 | |
| Masculine nouns ending in | ||
| consonants marut | 315 | |
| Feminine u | 316 | |
| Neuter is | 317 | |
| Neuter us | 318 | |
| Masculine o, Feminine o | 319 | |
| Feminine au | 320 | |
| Adjective declined like pronouns | 321 | |
| Interrogative pronouns | 322 | |
| etad | 323 | |
| Present active participles | 324 | |
| Masculine ayam | 327 | |
| Neuter idam | 328 | |
| Feminine iyam | 329 | |
| Masculine ena | 330 | |
| Neuter ena | 330 | |
| Feminine ena | 330 | |
| Cardinal numbers | 332 | |
| Numerals | 336 | |
| Prefixes | 337 | |
| sandhi rules | 339 | |
| VERB ROOTS | 347 | |
| VERB CLASSES | 364 | |
| VOCABULARY | 381 | |
| ENGLISH-SANSKRIT VOCABULARY | 399 | |
| INDEX OF GRAMMATICAL TERMS | 421 | |
| GENERAL INDEX | 430 |
