The Roots, Verb-Forms and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language: (A Supplement to His Sanskrit Grammar) - Hardcover

William Dwight Whitney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120804848 ISBN 13: 9788120804845

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Pub, 2006

Synopsis

The work is intended especially as a Supplement to the author`s Sanskrit Grammar giving a fulness of detail that was not there practicable, nor admissible as part of the grammar itself, all the quotable roots of the language, with the tense and conjugation-systems made from them, and with the noun and adjective (infinitival and participial) formation that attach themselves most closely to the verb; and further with the other derivative noun and adjective-stems usually classed as primary. Everything given is dated with such accuracy as the information thus far in hand allows. In the indexes of stems given at the end of the volume, a classification is adopted which is intended to facilitate the historical comprehension of the language, by distinguishing what belongs respectively to its older and to its later periods from that which forms a part of it through the whole history.

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About the Author

The late William Dwight Whitney was Professor of Sanskrit at Yale University, Knight of the Prussian Orden Pour le Merite, Corresponding Member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of the Institute of France, etc., and Editor-in-Chief of "The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language".

Edition details

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120804848
• ISBN 13: 9788120804845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250