Astadhyayi of Panini
Book Details
Author(s)Sumitra M. Katre
PublisherMotilal Banarsidass
ISBN / ASIN8120805216
ISBN-139788120805217
Sales Rank5,275,835
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Language: Roman Text With English Translation
Pages: 1343
About the Book
Paninis grammar of Sanskrit, written in the sixty center B.C., is the earthiest description of the language and is the source and inspiration for the development of comparative philology and modern linguistics. The Astadhyayi remains the most correct and complete grammar ever written and is considered grammar ever and considered a model for all grammars.
Sumitra M. katres expert translation of the work to use Roman Transliteration for the Skrit text. Not only scholars of Sansrit but also general linguists will find accessible this new presentation of the classic work, which relies on the Roman alphabets and lower-case letters, italics, and small capitals to visually present the operation of paninis metalinguistic technique. This work also consistently indicates the manner in which the ellipsis created by the formulation of Paninis strings of aphoristic rules is to be filled in by using his own metalinguistic procedures. Included are help full appendices and lists.
About the Author
Sumitra M. Katre is professor emeritus of Oriental and African languages at the University of Texas at Austin and Former director or Deccan College Research Institute, Poona. General Editor of the Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles, katre is the author of a number of books and some there hundred papers in scholarly journals.
Foreword
Besides the capable editing and formatting by Douglas Fix, I would like to acknowledge the work of the following in producing the print-ready copy, Gail Roy, and Becky Woodruff. Funding was provided by a grant. From Dr. E. Douglas for Indo-European studies, and by the University vice President and Provost, Gerhard J. Fonken, for computer time.
Preface
Although there have been three renderings of Panniers Astadhyayt in modern European languages, they have been particularly addressed to those w
Pages: 1343
About the Book
Paninis grammar of Sanskrit, written in the sixty center B.C., is the earthiest description of the language and is the source and inspiration for the development of comparative philology and modern linguistics. The Astadhyayi remains the most correct and complete grammar ever written and is considered grammar ever and considered a model for all grammars.
Sumitra M. katres expert translation of the work to use Roman Transliteration for the Skrit text. Not only scholars of Sansrit but also general linguists will find accessible this new presentation of the classic work, which relies on the Roman alphabets and lower-case letters, italics, and small capitals to visually present the operation of paninis metalinguistic technique. This work also consistently indicates the manner in which the ellipsis created by the formulation of Paninis strings of aphoristic rules is to be filled in by using his own metalinguistic procedures. Included are help full appendices and lists.
About the Author
Sumitra M. Katre is professor emeritus of Oriental and African languages at the University of Texas at Austin and Former director or Deccan College Research Institute, Poona. General Editor of the Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principles, katre is the author of a number of books and some there hundred papers in scholarly journals.
Foreword
Besides the capable editing and formatting by Douglas Fix, I would like to acknowledge the work of the following in producing the print-ready copy, Gail Roy, and Becky Woodruff. Funding was provided by a grant. From Dr. E. Douglas for Indo-European studies, and by the University vice President and Provost, Gerhard J. Fonken, for computer time.
Preface
Although there have been three renderings of Panniers Astadhyayt in modern European languages, they have been particularly addressed to those w
