Preface

Abbreviations

Lesson 1

1.1 The Sanskrit Alphabet

1.2 Three genders of nouns: masculine (m), neutral (n

and feminine (f

1.3 Three numbers: singular (sg), dual (du) and plural (pl

1.4 Case (vibhakti

1.5 Masculine nouns ending with -a

1.6 Adjectives

1.7 Omission of the verb "to be" in a sentence

1.8 Indeclinable particles ca, vā, api, na and the affix –vat

Lesson 2

2.1 The accusative case (acc

2.2 The ablative case (abl

2.3 Accusative and ablative case of m nouns ending in -a:

buddha

2.4 Neutral nouns ending in -a: phala

2.5 Sanskrit verbs

2.6 Verbal prefixes

2.7 Three grades of strengthening of vowels

2.8 Verbs of classes I, IV, VI, X

2.9 Particle iti

2.10 The emphatic particle eva

Lesson 3

3.1 The dative case

3.2 Genitive used in the dative sense

3.3 Expression of "have"

3.4 The vocative case

3.5 The declensions learned so far

3.6 Declension of f ā-ending noun: praj?ā

3.7 Suffixes -tā, -tva , -tas

3.8 Class VI verbs

3.9 Class IV verbs

3.10 Class X verbs

3.11 Summary of differences between verbs of

class I, IV, VI and X

3.12 Personal pronouns: 1st person stem: mad,

2nd person stem: tvad

Lesson 4

4.1 Declension of m nouns ending in -u

4.2 Declension of n nouns ending in -u

4.3 Declension of pronoun sa? (m) `he`/`that`

and e?a? (m) `this`

4.4 Declension of pronoun tat (n) `it`/`that`

and etat `this`

4.5 The enclitic pronoun enam

4.6 The causative verbs

4.7 The denominatives

4.8 The instrumental case

4.9 Past Passive Participles (PPP

Lesson 5

5.1 Declension of m nouns ending in -i : agni

5.2 Declension of n nouns ending in -i : vāri

5.3 Declension of f nouns ending in -i : jāti

5.4 Declension of f nouns ending in -ī : nadī

5.5 Declension of pronoun sā (f

5.6 Declension of demonstratives: ayam (m),

idam (n), iyam (f

5.7 Declension of interrogative pronouns: ka? (m),

kim (n), kā (f

5.8 The interrogative particles, api and kim

question markers

5.9 Parasmaipada and ātmanepada verbs

5.10 Paradigm for the conjugation of ātmanepada verbs

5.11 Gerunds

5.12 Hard and soft consonants

5.13 Introduction to sandhi rules

5.14 Primary and secondary suffixes

Lesson 6

6.1 Possessive suffix -in

6.2 "Subjective genitive" and "objective genitive"

6.3 Future passive participles (FPP. Also known as

gerundive

6.4 Relatives

6.5 Numerals (cardinals

Lesson 7

7.1 Declension of bhagavant (m

7.2 Possessive suffixes `-mant` and `-vant`

7.3 The Future Tense

7.4 Compounds — dvandva and tatpuru?a

7.5 Infinitive

7.6 Verbs formed from noun/adjective + √bhū and + √k?

7.7 Declension of the demonstrative asau (m

7.8 Declension of the demonstrative ada? (n

7.9 Declension of the demonstrative asau (f

Lesson 8

8.1 Declension of noun ending in –an: ātman, rājan,

karman, nāman

8.2 Class II verbs

8.3 Verb standing at the beginning of a sentence

8.4 The Passive Voice

8.5 Present participles (PrP

8.6 Karmadhāraya compound

8.7 Avyayībhāva compound

Lesson 9

9.1 Declension of manas (n) and sumanas (m,f

9.2 Declension of āyus (n

9.3 Declension of sa?pad (f), vāc (vāk) (f

9.4 Some irregular declensions: grāma?i? (m),pathin (m

9.5 Class IX verbs

9.6 The imperative mood (ipv

9.7 Numbers (ordinal

Lesson 10

10.1 Declension of agent nouns

10.2 Periphrastic Future

10.3 Conjugation of Class V Verbs

10.4 Conjugation of Class VIII Verbs

10.5 The optative mode

10.6 Bahuvrīhi compounds

Lesson 11

11.1 Past Participle Active (PPA

11.2 Conjugation of Class III verbs

11.3 The imperfect tense

11.4 Conjugation of the present and imperfect

of √budh, √j?ā and √dā

11.5 Locative Absolute and Genitive Absolute

Lesson 12

12.1 Class VII verbs

12.2 Conditional tense (condl

12.3 The Perfect Tense (pf

12.4 Comparative and superlative suffixes

Lesson 13

13.1 The Aorist Tense

13.2 Prohibitive (injunctive

13.3 Desiderative and Intensive (/frequentative

English translation of the Vajracchedikā Praj?āpāramitā

Appendix: Sandhi tables

Useful References

Vocabulary

Index