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From: alderson@netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III)
Subject: Re: Sanskrit?
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In article <3idvo7$4qp@expert.cc.purdue.edu> buttrcup@expert.cc.purdue.edu
(Happyland Inc.) writes:

>I'm trying to learn Sanskrit and all I have right now are:

>Sanskrit (Teach Yourself Series)
>A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language by Jan Gonda

>Does anyone know of some better material? Books/etext/whatever...

There isn't that much in the way of introductory materials.  When I took
Sanskrit, we used Whitney's _Sanskrit Grammar_ and Lanman's _Sanskrit Reader_,
in all their 19th Century reference grammar glory.

I've seen (once) the grammar used by the Sanskrit classes at UC Berkeley, which
is based on readings from the _Rama:yana_; I didn't have the extra funds at the
time, so I didn't buy it.  Looked OK, but that's based on a very quick perusal.
Try contacting the South Asian Lang & Lit department at UCB for the title and
author, as it was written there.
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