Complete Sanskrit: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Sanskrit, with Original Texts

Michael Coulson

ISBN 10: 1444106104 / ISBN 13: 9781444106107

Published by John Murray Press, 2010

About this Item

New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 388.

Seller Inventory # B9781444106107

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Sanskrit: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Sanskrit, with Original Texts
• Publisher: John Murray Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444106104
• ISBN 13: 9781444106107
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Designed 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.

About the Author

Michael Coulson taught Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh. His classic work was edited by Professor Richard Gombrich and has been revised by James Benson, both of Oxford University.