Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

An excellent and thorough introduction to Sanskrit grammar, with the western student in mind and using readings from the principal spiritual texts of India. This text-book, First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar and Reading, is a revision and combination of several efforts to present the Sanskrit language in a simplified, yet comprehensive form to students of the West. This book is offered to all lovers of Sanskrit who wish to delve into the richness and spiritual profundity of the ancient scriptures of India, without being too lost in the grammatical difficulties of the Language.

This book uses modern pedagogical methods and tools that allow students to grasp straightforward original Sanskrit texts within weeks.

This paperback edition of the 1927 text supplies a complete account of classical sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India. After a brief history of sanskrit grammar and a chart of the Devanagari letters, Macdonell, former Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University provides chapters on alphabet, declension, conjugation, indeclinable words, nominal stem formation, and syntax.