A Higher Sanskrit Grammar [Paperback]

M. R. Kale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behavior a community recognizes as binding on its members. Written in a pithy and aphoristic style and representing the culmination of a long tradition of scholarship, the Dharmasutras record intense disputes and divergent views on a wide variety of religious and social issues. These unique documents give us a glimpse of how people, especially Brahmin males, were ideally expected to live their lives within an ordered and hierarchically arranged society. In this first English translation of these documents for over a century, Patrick Olivelle uses the same lucid and elegant style of his award-winning translation of the Upanisads and incorporates the most recent scholarship on ancient Indian law, society and religion. The fresh editions of the Sanskrit texts present new manuscript material, variants recorded in medieval commentaries and legal diigests, and emendations suggested by philologists.

Product Details

• Paperback: 696 pages
• Publisher: I B D Ltd; 7 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8120801784
• ISBN-13: 978-8120801783
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable reference, June 18, 2000

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This review is from: A Higher Sanskrit Grammar (Paperback)

Sanskrit Grammar is very ancient and has helped shape the grammars of many subsequent languages. The most outstanding feature of Sanskrit Grammar is its precision - it is indeed a wonder that the current form of grammar which is more than two thousand years old also encapsulates many principles of discrete mathematics such as the Backus Normal Form. It was used in ancient days not only as an end in itself, but also as a field synergetically integrated with philology, phonetics, morphology and linguism.

Each work of the author Sri M R Kale is a deeply researched one, and this book is no different. There is no doubt that this book will serve as a reference book to the fraternity of Sanskrit scholars and students. It outlines systematically the grammar in currency at present viz the grammar based on the treatise of Panini, enlarged by Katyayana and commented by Patanjali. Its treatment of sandhi ( conjugation ), samAsa ( compounding ), lakAra-s and vibhakti-s ( declensions ) are very systematic, and very illuminating even to a scholar. This book can serve as a very good pre-cursor to the celebrated treatise siddhAntakoumudi for those interested. One only wishes that future editions of this book should be published in premium quality paper, as this book is a treasure, for sure, on one's bookshelf. The occasional typos also need to be eliminated in the future editions. This book is a very welcome addition to a Sanskrit scholar's bookshelf indeed !

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars atomic bomb!, March 11, 2006

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Recep Sami Ciner (Ankara Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Higher Sanskrit Grammar (Paperback)

Congratulations to M.R.Kale because the work he created.I am aready a novice to Sanskrit studies.Although I have begun learning through the Introduction to Sanskrit methods of Egenes I have bought this little but enormous detonator thinking for my future studies.you will find sandhi rules expounded largely, declensions,comparison,compounds, secondary affixes, verb conjugations,syntax and everything you may need.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable for further study, July 29, 2006

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Adolf Von Wurttemberg "aschvetahata" (Lawrenceville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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Anyone wishing to go beyond introductory Sanskrit will benefit from this book. Kale's copious grammar reference paradigms are a boon for intermediate and advanced Sanskrit students. It is a sine qua non for one's bookshelf and is such a handy reference.