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A Sanskrit Grammar First Edition, First

by Manfred Mayrhofer (Author), Gordon B. Ford Jr (Translator)

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A translation of the revised version of the 1965 German edition
 
Translated for the benefit of English­speaking students of Sanskrit and students of comparative Indo-European linguistics. Mayrhofer's Sanskrit grammar can be used successfully in three different types of course: in elementary Sanskrit courses along with such an elementary text as Jan Gonda's A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language, with exercises, reading selections, and a glossary, translated from the German by Gordon B. Ford, Jr.; in courses where the linguistic structure of Sanskrit is to be presented; and, finally, in comparative lndo-European courses together with such texts as Antoine Meillet's Introduction to the Comparative Study of the Inda-European Languages, translated from the French by Gordon B. Ford, Jr. All three groups of students should find this im­portant book extremely useful, and I hope that its publication in an English edition will promote the study of Sanskrit in the English-speaking world.
 
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  1. ISBN-10
    0817312854
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0817312855
  3. Edition
    First Edition, First
  4. Publisher
    University Alabama Press
  5. Publication date
    August 19, 2003
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
  8. Print length
    120 pages
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“This translation . . . is directed to a three-fold purpose: for students in an elementary course; to demonstrate the linguistic structure of Sanskrit; and for use in comparative Indo-European courses.”
—Journal of the American Oriental Society
 

“Mayrhofer’s short grammar is now not only the best but even the only book that can unreservedly be recommended to those who wish to begin the study of Sanskrit for the purpose of comparative Indo-European linguistics. The book . . . has excellent pedagogical qualities. It gives the main facts of comparative grammar [that] may be considered well founded. The three text-fragments are well chosen. . . . [T]he two verses from the Gitagovinda show how Sanskrit poetry can rise to the height of pure music.”
—Indo-Iranian Journal
 

About the Author

Manfred Mayrhofer (1926–2011) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages. Mayrhofer served as professor emeritus at the University of Vienna. He is noted for his etymological dictionary of Sanskrit.

Gordon B. Ford Jr. was a professor of linguistics at Northwestern University. He is editor of Old Lithuanian Texts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: With a Glossary.
 

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