Re: Books for sanskrit self-study

Heck, learning to read Devanagari somewhat fluently would be my
biggest motivator to learn Sanskrit.  But I can see where the
ligatures would pose a challenge.

I would say "I never met a script I didn't like", but that would be a
lie.  Thai gives me nightmares. :)

On 7/3/06, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> I tried that years ago (1951 aargh), using Perry's "Sanskrit Primer"
> (Columbia U.P.). An obstacle quickly emerged after the first few chapters--
> everything thereafter was written in Devanagari (and worse, tiny print), no
> more romanization...and I found the script difficult, especially all the
> ligatures.  Gave up.
>
> During grad.school one summer I took an introductory course-- all in
> romanization, and much easier; I actually learned a bit. But of course one
> does need to learn the script.
>
> There may well be teaching materials that are more modern. :-))))))
> Perhaps Indian publishers produce useful stuff.
>
> I checked Amazon.com "Sanskrit grammar"-- 153 cites, many types/prices,
> though no "teach yourself...". #1, the Whitney, I think is pretty much the
> standard ref., although old. Monier-Williams rings a bell, too.  All cites
> from ca. #60 on, are "currently unavailable".
>

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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