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Complete Sanskrit Beginner to Intermediate Course : Learn to Read, Write, Speak and Understand a New Language by Michael Coulson (2014, Box or Slipcased)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHodder & Stoughton

ISBN-101444106104

ISBN-139781444106107

eBay Product ID (ePID)212777638

Product Key Features

Number of Pages432 Pages

Publication NameComplete Sanskrit Beginner to Intermediate Course : Learn to Read, Write, Speak and Understand a New Language

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectStudy & Teaching, General, Indic Languages

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorMichael Coulson

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatBox or Slipcased

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal491.2824

Table Of Content: Preface : Introduction : Using this book : 1 The nagari script - Transliteration - Prosody - List of conjunct consonants : 2 Roots and verb classes - Nominative, accusative and vocative cases - Substantives and adjectives - Vowel gradation - Sandhi : 3 Nouns and pronouns - Word order - Dvandva compounds : 4 Past participle - Instrumental case - Past passive - Omission of pronouns - Adverbs of manner : 5 Dative, ablative, genitive, locative cases - Expressions of time - Pronominal adjectives - 'to be' - 'to have' - Absolutive : 6 Feminine gender - Determinative compounds - Prepositions - Action nouns : 7 Consonant stems - Causatives - Prefixes - Use of 'gata' : 8 Changeable consonant stems - Exocentric compounds - Predicative accusatives : 9 Stems - Past active participle - Polite forms of address - Denominatives : 10 Verbal suffix 'in' - Present participle - Imperative - Abstract nouns - Exclamations - Verbal nouns : 11 Periphrastic future - Passive - Locative absolute - Relative pronoun - Pronominal table - Attributively used adverbs - Suffix 'tah' - Numerals - Concord - Nominative with 'iti' : 12 Athematic presents - Gerundives - Relative adverbs : 13 Reduplication - Infinitive - Future : 14 Imperfect - Optative - Remote conditions - Comparatives and superlatives - Constructions with 'iti' - Indirect command - Indirect question - Word repetition : 15 Perfect - Aorist - Injunctive - Precative - Metre - Paoinian grammar - Literary criticism : Appendix 1: Further Sanskrit study : Appendix 2: Grammatical paradigms : Appendix 3: Classical metres : Sanskrit-English exercises: Transcription : Sanskrit-English exercises: Key : English-Sanskrit exercises: Roman key : English-Sanskrit exercises: Nagari key : General vocabulary : Index

SynopsisDesigned for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Sanskrit offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the inscriptions and texts from this ancient and religiously significant Indian language. Structured around authentic material, and introducing the Devangari script for those who wish to take their understanding further, this first updated new edition for some twenty years also features: -15 learning units plus glossary and reference section -Authentic materials - language taught through key texts -Teaches the key skills - reading and understanding Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary -Covers Devangari script -A new Preface and updated further resources -Additional learning activities -Self tests and learning activities - see and track your own progress Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years., Do you want to be able to read Sanskrit with confidence? Find all the essential tools in this best-selling course from Teach Yourself the No. 1 brand in language learning. Complete Sanskrit contains much original material on Sanskrit syntax and usage, and the carefully graded units explain Sanskrit grammar and style with exceptional clarity. The text includes an introduction to the nagari script, an explanation of how to use Sanskrit commentaries, and a full key to all the exercises.