Whitney Sanskrit Grammar
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Preface
Title
Preface
Preface, 2nd ed.
Introduction
Contents
Abbreviations
I. ALPHABET
Alphabet
II. PRONUNCIATION
Vowels
Consonants
Quantity
Accent
III. EUPHONIC COMBINATION
Introductory
Principles
Rules of Vowel Combination
Permitted Finals
Deaspiration
Surd and Sonant Assimilation
Combinations of Final s and r
Conversion of s to z
Conversion of n to R
Conversion of Dental Mutes
Combinations of Final n
Combinations of Final m
the Palatal Mutes and Sibilant, and h
the Lingual Sibilant
Extension and Abbreviation
Strengthening and Weakening Processes
Guna and Vrddhi
Vowel-lengthening
Vowel-lightening
Nasal Increment
Reduplication
IV. DECLENSION
Gender, Number, Case
Uses of the Cases
Endings of Declension
Variation of Stem
Accent in Declension
V. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
Classification etc.
Declension I., Stems in a
Declension II., Stems in i and u
Declension III. Stems in Long Vowels (A, I, U)
Stems in Diphthongs
NA: B. Derivative Stems etc. 131
Declension IV., Stems in f or ar
Declension V., Stems in Consonants
A. Root-stems etc.
B. Derivative Stems in as, is, us
C. Derivative Stems in an
D. Derivative Stems in in
E. Derivative Stems in ant or at
F. Perfect Participles in vAMs
G. Comparatives in yAMs or yas
Comparison
VI. NUMERALS
Cardinals
Ordinals etc.
VII. PRONOUNS
Personal
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Relative
Emphatic, Indefinite
Nouns used pronominally
NA: Pronominal Derivatives, Possessives 197
Adjectives declined pronominally
VIII. CONJUGATION
Voice, Tense, Mode, Number, Person
Verbal Adjectives and Nouns
Secondary Conjugation
Personal Endings
Subjunctive Mode
Optative
Imperative
Uses of the Modes
Participles
Augment
Reduplication
Accent of the Verb
IX. THE PRESENT-SYSTEM
General
Conjugations and Conjugation Classes
I. Root-class (2nd or ad-class)
II. Reduplicating Class (3rd or hu-class)
III. Nasal Class (7th or ruD-class)
IV. nu,u-Classes (5th or su, 8th or tan)
V. nA-Class (9th or krI-class)
VI. a-Class (1st or BU-class)
VII. Accented a-Class (6th or tud-class)
VIII. ya-Class (4th or div-class)
IX. Accented ya-Class, Passive Conj.
So-called 10th or cur-class
Uses of the Present and Imperfect
X. THE PERFECT-SYSTEM
Perfect Tense
Perfect Participle
Modes of the Perfect
Pluperfect
Uses of the Perfect
XI. THE AORIST-SYSTEMS
Classification
I. Simple Aorist: 1. Root-aorist
Passive Aorist 3d sing.
2. the a-Aorist
II. 3. Reduplicated Aorist
III. Sibilant Aorist
4. the s-aorist
5. the iz-Aorist
6. the siz-aorist
7. the sa-Aorist
Precative
Uses of the Aorist
XII. THE FUTURE-SYSTEMS
I. The s-future
Preterit of the s-future: Conditional
II. The Periphrastic Future
Uses of the Futures and Conditional
XIII. VERBAL ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS
Passive Participle in ta or na
Past Active Participle in tavant
Future Passive Participles, Gerundives
Infinitives
Uses of the Infinitives
Gerunds
Adverbial Gerund in am
XIV. DERIVATIVE CONJUGATION
I. Passive
II. Intensive
Present-System
Perfect, Aorist, Future, etc.
III. Desiderative
Present-System
Perfect, Aorist, Future, etc.
IV. Causative
Present-System
Perfect, Aorist, Future, etc.
V. Denominative
XV. PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATION
The Periphrastic Perfect
Participial Periphrastic Phrases
Composition with Prepositional Prefixes
Other Verbal Compounds
XVI. INDECLINABLES
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
XVII. DERIVATION OF DECLINABLE STEMS
A. Primary Derivatives
B. Secondary Derivatives
XVIII. FORMATION OF COMPOUND STEMS
Classification
I. Copulative Compounds
II. Determinative Compounds
A. Dependent Compounds
B. Descriptive Compounds
III. Secondary Adjective Compounds
A. Possessive Compounds
B. Compounds with Governed Final
Adjective Compounds as Nouns,Adverbs
Anomalous Compounds
Stem-finals altered in Composition
Irregular Construction with Compounds
APPENDIX.
A. Examples of Sanskrit Type
B. Example of Accentuated Text
Synopsis of roots BU and kf
NA:
Sanskrit Index
General Index
Errata