Teach Yourself Sanskrit

by Michael Coulson and Richard Gombrich and James Benson

Do you want to read Indian classics in the original? Do you want to progress quickly beyond the basics? Do you want to reach a high standard? "Teach Yourself Sanskrit" is not only a primer, but also a work of scholarship, for the book contains much original material on Sanskrit syntax and usage. The carefully graded chapters explain Sanskrit grammar and style with exceptional clarity. The text includes an introduction to the n gar script, a useful explanation of how to use Sanskrit commentaries, plenty of examples from actual Sanskrit works, extensive vocabularies into and out of Sanskrit and a full key to all the exercises.

Teach Yourself Sanskrit is not only a primer but also a work of scholarship, for this book contains much original material on Sanskrit syntax and usage. The carefully graded chapters explain Sanskrit grammar and style with exceptional clarity. The text includes an introduction to the nagari script, a useful explanation of how to use Sanskrit commentaries and a full key to all the exercises.

About the Author:

Michael Coulson taught Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh. He died before the book was published and Richard Gombrich, formerly Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, saw the book through the press. James Benson, University Lecturer at Oxford University, carried out a light revision for this and the second and third editions of the book.