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1st fut 1st pret 2d fut 3d pret accusative added affix amphibrach analogous appellatives Atmane augment becomes bened Brahman Caus causal changed compound cond conjugational tenses consonant denote derivative Desid diphthong dual final vowel forms attributives Freq frequently gender genitive govern Guna imperative implying indeclinable indicatory Indra inflected inflexions inserted instr letter masculine medial metre nasal neuter non-conjugational tenses nouns Nouns ending pada Pádas Parasmai-pada Pass plural praåt praet praeterite pråt preceded prefixed preposition Pres present tense pronoun radical vowel Ráma reduplication rejected root rules of Sandhi Sandhi Sanskrit second præterite semivowel sense short vowel sibilant signifying sing syllable takes the Atmane-pada Tatpurusha term terminations beginning thee third præterite thou tion Vedas verbs ending Visarga vowel terminations Vriddhi words कृ तां ते प्रति भू मा यत् सम्
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Page 28 - ... nominative, 2. accusative, 3. instrumental, 4. dative, 5. ablative, 6. genitive, 7. locative : of these it may be remarked, that the third or instrumental has the sense of ' by' or ' with ;' the ablative, ' from ;' and the locative, ' in' or ' on :' the rest have the usual powers.
Page x - Hindus, their daily observances, their occupations, their amusements, their domestic and social relations, their local legends, their national traditions, their mythological fables, their metaphysical abstractions, their religious worship — all spring from, and are perpetuated by the Sanskrit language. To know a people, these things must be known : without such knowledge, revenue may be raised, justice may be administered, the outward shows and forms of...
Page 434 - Anushlup stanza is divided into four Padas, of eight syllables each. In its most regular form the first foot is. any one except a tribrach ; the second may be a dactyl, a tribrach, cretic, or anapaest; the other two syllables are indifferently long or short.
Page ix - ... as Sanskrit. They have undergone great changes ; have simplified their grammatical structure; have suffered in a greater or lesser degree admixture and adulteration from foreign words. They probably also comprehend a small portion of a primitive, unpolished, and scanty speech, the relics of a period prior to civilization: but in the names of things of the most ordinary observation, in terms for the functions of life, as well as the relations of society, as much as in those words which are the...
Page 429 - The cat named Dadhikarna was placed by that lion in his cave ; (he) having thus reflected, and having gone to the village, and having given (the cat) flesh and other kinds of food, and brought (him) thence with much trouble.
Page 432 - ... some exceptions, consists of two lines or hemistichs : each of these is again subdivided into two parts : so that the entire stanza is for the most part a tetrastich, composed of four Facias or Charanas, literally
Page viii - Wilson, 3 vols. 8vo. second edition, complete, (pub. at £3. 7* 6d), cloth, 36* 1856 Protestor Bopp gives numerous and undeniable proofs of the close connexion which subsists between the sacred language of the Hindus and the languages of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as those of the Celtic, Teutonic, and Sclavonic nations.
Page x - Section, whose name is as much cherished by the natives of India as it is esteemed by the learned men of Europe, well remarks, it is not enough to understand the language of a people ; the people themselves must be understood with all their popular prejudices, their daily observances, their occupations, their amusements, their domestic and social relations, their local legends, their national traditions, their mythological fables, their metaphysical abstractions, and their religious worship.
Page 434 - Anusht'up verse is, that the fifth syllable of each line shall be short, the sixth long, and the seventh alternately long and short ; whilst the first four syllables and the eighth are arbitrary.
Page xi - ... forms of orderly government may be maintained ; but no influence with the people will be enjoyed, no claim to their confidence or attachment will be established, no affection will be either felt or inspired, and neither the disposition nor the ability to work any great or permanent Improvement in the feelings, opinions, or practices of the country will be attained.