Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 I might also recommend Maurer's introduction to Sanskrit. It is expensive, but if there ever is a book that can teach you Skt without a teacher, this is the one! Lars Martin Fosse > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: jiva das [sadavij] > Sendt: 24. oktober 2002 19:25 > Til: INDOLOGY > Emne: Re: [Y-Indology] Site for learning Sanskrit through self-study > > > Better is the EUP "Teach yourself Sanskrit" by > Coulson. There is a key to the exercises, and not a > misprint in the book, and it takes you up to Kalidasa > in a year or so. > > ____________ > ________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals..ca > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > ---------------------~--> Sell a Home for Top $ > http://us.click./RrPZMC/jTm> EAA/jd3IAA/x3XolB/TM > > > ----------------------------- > -------~-> > > > indology > > > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 On Friday 25 October 2002 03:08 am, Lars Martin Fosse wrote: > I might also recommend Maurer's introduction to Sanskrit. It is > expensive, but if there ever is a book that can teach you Skt without a > teacher, this is the one! I want to second the recommendation of Maurer's book. Of the various texts I've looked at (and attempted to learn from), his is the most clear and effective, even enjoyable. The approach is "gentle" compared to most others, allowing the student to immediately begin working on simple sentences and grammatical concepts. It seems like an excellent text for today's students, and especially those learning through self-study. I initially found Coulson's book to be a bit too technical in approach (and terminology). For example, after introducing devanAgarI, the student's first exposure to the language itself in chapter two is by way of verb classes, guNa/vRddhi, and sandhi. Certain asides here seem to complicate matters further and would have been better offered as footnotes. (Most notably the discussion of guNa as the "normal grade" on the second and third pages of chapter two (that is, almost immediately), which is hard to digest and completely non-essential to the beginning student). And yes, there are some immediate typographical errors, where they'll be most difficult for the new student to detect (e.g. on page 28 -- the third page of the second chapter -- "shuch" is written in devanagari as "shruchR", and on page 29 "likh" as "likha"). However, after this initially rocky start, it does become easier to use, say around chapters 4 or 5. But he drops the use of devanAgarI after the fifth chapter, except in exercises, so the student may not get enough practice in its use. Overall it's a decent book, but its overly technical approach and its deficiencies may be off-putting to many beginning students. As Lars pointed out, Maurer's book is unfortunately quite expensive, but definitely worth it (or worth checking out from your local university). Compared to anything else I've seen it makes Sanskrit a truly enjoyable experience. John Landahl john http://landahl.org/john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Maurer's Sanskrit text does not appear to be one of the six million volumes at the University of Toronto. More bibliographic information would be helpful. ____________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals..ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Dear Mr. Lars: Does this book by Maurer use the Devanagari script and teach Paninian grammar? Thanks. Chetan PAndey INDOLOGY, "Lars Martin Fosse" <lmfosse@o...> wrote: > I might also recommend Maurer's introduction to Sanskrit. It is > expensive, but if there ever is a book that can teach you Skt without a > teacher, this is the one! > > Lars Martin Fosse > > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > > Fra: jiva das [sadavij] > > Sendt: 24. oktober 2002 19:25 > > Til: INDOLOGY > > Emne: Re: [Y-Indology] Site for learning Sanskrit through self- study > > > > > > Better is the EUP "Teach yourself Sanskrit" by > > Coulson. There is a key to the exercises, and not a > > misprint in the book, and it takes you up to Kalidasa > > in a year or so. > > > > ____________ > > ________ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals..ca > > > > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > > ---------------------~--> Sell a Home for Top $ > > http://us.click./RrPZMC/jTm> EAA/jd3IAA/x3XolB/TM > > > > > > ----------------------------- > > -------~-> > > > > > > indology- > > > > > > > > Your use of is subject to > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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