Books by A. A. Macdonell

Frontmatter -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. VEDIC CONCEPTIONS OF THE WORLD AND ITS ORIGIN -- III. THE VEDIC GODS -- IV. MYTHICAL PRIESTS AND HEROES -- V. ANIMALS AND INANIMATE OBJECTS -- VI. DEMONS AND FIENDS -- VII. ESCHATOLOGY -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTENTS -- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA -- I. SANSKRIT INDEX -- II. GENERAL INDEX -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION -- I. PHONOLOGY -- II. EUPHONIC COMBINATION (SANDHI) -- III. ACCENT -- V. COMPOUNDS -- VI. DECLENSION -- VII. THE VERB -- VIII. INDECLINABLES -- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. -- I. SANSKRIT INDEX -- II. GENERAL INDEX -- CONTENTS

This paperback edition of the 1927 text supplies a complete account of classical sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India. After a brief history of sanskrit grammar and a chart of the Devanagari letters, Macdonell, former Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University provides chapters on alphabet, declension, conjugation, indeclinable words, nominal stem formation, and syntax.

A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary is an authoritative resource for learners and scholars alike. Each entry includes a transliteration for easier understanding, etymological information on the root and derivatives, and an indication of the rarity of the word and the literary period to which it belongs.