Sanskrit Grammar Including Both the Classical Language, and the Older Dialects, of Veda and Brahmana - Hardcover

William Dwight Whitney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8121511194 ISBN 13: 9788121511193

Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal, 2004

Synopsis

This Sanskrit Grammar is planned on different model from those existing already. The objects in preparing this grammar were to make a presentation of the language as they show themselves in use in the literature and as they are laid down by the native grammarians. The gramamr also includes the forms and constructions of the older languages as found in the Vedas and Brahmanas. The author has also made use of other Vedic texts and various works of Brahmana period, both in printed and in manuscript form.

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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: Munshiram Manoharlal
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8121511194
• ISBN 13: 9788121511193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 551