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The Cambridge introduction to Sanskrit / A. M. Ruppel.

by Ruppel, Antonia.

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Cambridge University Press, 2017.

491.28242 R946c

Sanskrit language -- Study and teaching.

Sanskrit language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.

Indo-European languages -- Study and teaching.

Indo-European languages -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.

Visit the Cambridge introduction to Sanskrit website.

9781107459069 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

introduction to Sanskrit

Sanskrit : an introduction

xiii, 431 p. ; 25 cm.

In English and Sanskrit. Devanāgarī script is used over several chapters and in parallel translation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Why learn Sanskrit? There are many good answers to this question. Sanskrit is studied by scholars of language, religion and literature, by historians, sociologists and anthropologists and anyone else with an interest in India's cultural heritage. Sanskrit as a language is quite simply beautiful, its structure complex enough to be interesting, but straightforward enough to be manageable. Knowledge of Sanskrit grants access to an enormous body of literature. Literary writing uses the means of a language to not just express a thought, but to express it in an interesting, appealing, artful way. Thus it always is more rewarding to read a work of literature in its original language. Yet the fact that much may be lost in translation is especially true in relation to Sanskrit: the breadth of meaning of Sanskrit words, and the way this breadth is used in Sanskrit poetry (especially in the form of puns and word play) sometimes make expressions or even whole sentences or texts nearly impossible to translate. Only in the original can one truly enjoy them. Furthermore, Sanskrit literature offers a wide window onto India: Sanskrit is the language not just of the sacred writings of Hinduism (and some of Buddhism and Jainism), but also of many other texts that have greatly influenced Indian culture and society over the course of more than two millennia. The Cambridge introduction to Sanskrit website (Cambridge-Sanskrit.org) offers resources including flash cards, video tutorials, links to writing, declension and conjugation, exercises and online dictionairies, grammars and textual databases"--Provided by publisher.

Language instruction.

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