The Laghusiddhantakaumudi: Text with English Tranlation

by James R. Ballantyne

The groundwork of the grammatical literature of the Sanskrit is comprised in Panini's eight Lectures, entitled "The Astadhyayi". Each of the lectures is divided into four sections, and each section into a number of Sutras, or succinct aphorisms. On these Mr. Colebrooke remarks: "The studied brevity of the Paniniya sutras renders them in the highest degree obscure; even with "the knowledge of the key to their interpretation, the student finds them ambiguous. In the application of them when understood, he discovers many seeming contradictions; and with every "exertion of practiced memory, he must experience the utmost difficulty in combing rules dispersed in apparent confusion through different portions of Panini's eight Lectures”.

Table of Contents:

• Samjnaprakaranam (Terms)
• Acsandhiprakaranam (Conjunction of Vowels)
• Halsandhiprakaranam (Conjunction of Consonants)
• Visargasandhiprakaranam (Changes of Visarga)
• Ajantapumllingaprakaranam (Masculine Endings in Vowels)
• Ajantastrilingaprakaranam (Feminine Endings in Vowels)
• Ajantanapumsakalingaprakaranam (Neuter Endings in Vowels)
• Halantapumllingaprakaranam (Masculine Endings in Consonants)
• Halantanapumsakalingaprakaranam (Neuter Endings in Consonants)
• Avyaprakaranam (Indeclinable Words)
• Bhavadiprakaranam (The Verbs)
• Atmanepadinah
• Ubhayapadinah
• Adadiprakaranam
• Juhotyadiprakaranam
• Divadiprakaranam 
• Svadiprakaranam
• Tudadiprakaranam
• Rudhadiprakaranam 
• Tanadiprakaranam 
• Kryadiprakaranam
• Curadayah 
• Nyantaprakriya
• Sannantaprakriya 
• Yanantaprakriya 
• Yanlukprakriya 
• Namadhatavah
• Kandvadayah
• Atmanepadaprakriya
• Prasmaipadaprakriya
• Bhavakarmaprakriya (Impersonals and Passives)
• Karmakartrprakriya (Reflective Verbs)
• Lakararthaprakriya (Meanings of the tenses)
• Krdante Krtyaprakriya (Words Ending with Krt Affixes)
• Purvakrdantam
• Unadayah
• Uttarakrdantam
• Vibhaktyarthah (The Cases)
• Samasah (compound Words)
• Taddhita tatradau Sadharanapratyayaprakaranam (words Ending with Taddhita Affixes)
• Apatyadhikaraprakaranam
• Raktadyarthakaprakaranam
• Caturarthikaprakaranam
• Saisikaprakaranam
• Vikararthaprakaranam
• Thagadhikaraprakaranam
• Pragdhitiyaprakaranam
• Chayatoradhikaraprakaranam
• Thanadhikaraprakaranam 
• Tvataladhikaraprakaranam 
• Bhavanadyarthakaprakaranam 
• Matvarthiyaprakaranam
• Pragdisiyaprakaranam
• Pragiviyaprakaranam
• Svarthikaprakaranam
• Stripratyayaprakaranam (Affixes of the Feminine)
• Index.