The great Sanskrit epic poem known as the "Mahabharata" is comprised of 18 books containing 100,000 verses. With elements of mythology, folklore, and religious philosophy, this classic text of Hinduism contains the "Bhagavad-Gita", the most beloved and widely read work in India's literary canon. Its principle plot concerns the descendants of ...
Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the "Ramayana" and "Mahabharata", two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago. In "Ramayana" (written by a poet known to us as Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama - with all its nobility ...
This book in two volumes, is designed to open the door to india's rich spiritual literature. This self teaching guide presents Sanskrit pronunciation, grammar and vocabylary in simple and systematic steps, allowing students to easily master the fundamentals of this enchanting language. Each lesson includes instructions in alphabet, grammar and ...
"Introduction to Sanskrit", in two volumes is designed to open the self-teaching guide, presents Sanskrit pronounciation, grammar and vocabulary in simple and systematic steps, allowing students to easily master the fundamentals of this enchanting language.
Growing from an oral tradition of ballads based on historic events in India, the "Mahabharata" was passed down and extended through the centuries, becoming the longest written poem. In this text, R.K. Narayan provides a rendition in an abbreviated retelling of this epic.
Functional and fun, each course offers full pronunciation guides, grammar summaries, dialogues, cultural notes, vocabulary charts, and irregular verb tables. Ideal for complete language study from comprehension, to speaking and writing skills, to understanding the culture.
[sanskrit Language - Dictionaries - English] The compiler in this handy work has kept out Sanskrit words which are less commonly used and has tried to minimize all technicalities as well as words which can easily be seen as simple derivatives of some given words.
This work is supplement to the author's earlier work "Sanskrit Grammar". It contains all the quotable roots of the language in detail, with the tense and conjugation-systems made from them, and with the noun and adjective formation that attach themselves most closly to the verb, and further with the other derivative noun and adjective-stems ...
"The Mahabharata," an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van ...
All the words are arranged etymologically and philologically with special reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. The author refers to several authors and works as are available. The work includes well over 1,80,000 words.
"Learn a language from the comfort of your own home" With "Teach Yourself Sanskrit Complete Course," the series brings to life this ancient language, allowing you not only to learn the literary and classical tongue of India but also to be able to decipher Sanskrit text. It also presents numerous passages of original Sanskrit writing. Includes: ...
This long-awaited dictionary provides an extensive list of ancient, beautiful Sanskrit names with their significance and spiritual meanings. Numerous references to classical scriptures of India are included to help in research and further study of a name. The special qualities implied by each name, such as particular aspects of God, character ...
This invaluable interpretive tool, first published in 1937, is now available for the first time in a paperback edition specially aimed at students of Chinese Buddhism. Those who have endeavoured to read Chinese texts apart from the apprehension of a Sanskrit background have generally made a fallacious interpretation, for the Buddhist canon is ...
As Latin is key to the study of Western classics, so Sanskrit is the language of ancient Indian literature. This guide begins with an introduction to the Sanskrit alphabet, followed by a treatment of the accent -- its changes in combination, inflection, and tone. Succeeding chapters discuss declension, conjugation, parts of speech, more.
The chief feature of this Dictionary is that it is designed to be practical. With this in view the author has added quotations and references to the peculiar and note worthy senses of words. Another noticeable feature of the Dictioanry is that it gives full explanations of the more important technical terms.
The "Kumarasambhava" of Kalidasa, probably composed about A.D. 400, is the greatest long poem in classical Sanskrit. The love story of the God and Goddess Shiva and Parvati, who are both lovers and cosmic principles, the poem is a paradigm of the union between male and female played out on the immense scale of supreme divinity.
This book is a convenient quick-reference guide to the phonology and grammar of Classical Sanskrit, for use by university students and others. It presents, in easily read tables, essential reference information such as the rules of sandhi, the declensional and conjugational paradigms, and the principal parts of major verbs. This Manual will be ...
'The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine.
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Sanskrit grammar, including both the classical language, and the older dialects, of Veda and Brahmana
