Author(s): Madhav M. Deshpande
Edition: Fifth
Year: 2007
Language: English, Sanskrit
SAṂSKṚTASUBODHINῙ: A Sanskrit Primer
CONTENTS
PREFACE ToThe Fourth Reprint Edition
SANSKRIT LANGUAGE
LESSON 1. Sankrit Alphabet
LESSON 2
First conjugation active verbs in present tense
Formation of simple sentences
LESSON 3
Masculine and neuter nouns in अ: nominative and accusative
Sandhi: anusvāra, visarga
LESSON 4
Conjugations 4, 6, and 10 (in active)
Sandhi: n -> ṇ
LESSON 5. Explanation of cases
LESSON 6. Active verbs: past imperfect, imperative and potential forms
LESSON 7
Declensions of personal pronouns
Use of indeclinables
LESSON 8
Feminine noun declensions of stems in ā, ī, ū
Pronouns kim, yad, etad
LESSON 9
Declension of masculine nouns in i and u
Declension of feminine nouns in i and u
Visarga sandhi
Vowel sandhi
LESSON 10
Present tense middle forms
Vowel sandhi rules (continued)
LESSON 11
Middle Verbs: Past imperfect, Imperative, Potential
Clitics cit and cana
LESSON 12. Gerunds and infinitives
LESSON 13
Masculine and feminine nouns in ṛ
Consonant sandhi rules
LESSON 14
Neuter nouns in i, u and Neuter nouns in ṛ
Adjectives
LESSON 15. Verbs with prepositions
LESSON 16. The passive voice
LESSON 17. Future tense (sya type)
LESSON 18. Irregular and Rare Nouns Ending in Vowels
LESSON 19. Nouns ending in consonants: One-stem type
LESSON 20. Present active participles for active verbs. Future active participles.
LESSON 21
Present agentive participles for middle verbs
Present passive participles
LESSON 22. Past (imperfect) participles (in -ta and -tavat)
LESSON 23
Demonstrative pronouns idam and adas
Nouns with two stems
LESSON 24
More nouns in two stems
Nouns with three stems
Degrees of comparison
LESSON 25. Second conjugation
LESSON 26. Second conjugation (continued)
LESSON 27. Third conjugation
LESSON 28. Fifth conjugation
LESSON 29. Seventh conjugation
LESSON 30. Eighth conjugation
LESSON 31. Ninth conjugation
LESSON 32. Compounds
LESSON 33. Absolute constructions
LESSON 34. Sanskrit Numerals
LESSON 35
Gerundives
Present Agentive Middle Participles in -āna
Periphrastic (-tās) Future
LESSON 36. Past Perfect
LESSON 37. Past Aorist
LESSON 38
Conditional Mood
Benedictive Mood
LESSON 39
Secondary Verb Roots
Causative Verb Roots
LESSON 40. Desiderative Verbs
LESSON 41. Ditransitive Verbs
LESSON 42. Intensive / Frequentative Verbs
LESSON 43. Denominative Verbs
LESSON 44. Gerunds in -am
ADDITIONAL SANSKRIT READINGS
Buddhakathā
Śakuntalakathā
Vānara-makara-kathā
Rāmakathā
Śrāvaṇakathā
Mṛga-kāka-śṛgāla-kathā
Nala-Damayantī-kathā
Kālidāsa-kathā
Sukanyākathā
Subhāṣitāni
GLOSSARY
SANSKRIT • ENGLISH GLOSSARY
ENGLISH . SANSKRIT GLOSSARY
