A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sanskrit Language
A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: Analytical, Historical and Lexicographical
A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sanskrit Language Prosody is at once the simplest and the most important branch of Sanskrit grammar. Its rules do not depend on authority. Anyone accustomed to reading Sanskrit with a proficient ear can distinguish between poetry and non-poetry and recognize when a poetry break occurs, regardless of its presentation. The book utterly ignores the convenience of readers by disregarding the rules of punctuation and divisions of politeness. This volume aims to eliminate these flaws and showcase Vedic and classical prosody in the most lucid and straight-forward way possible. For practical reasons, it is not necessary to memorize the minute divisions of Sanskrit classification. Knowing the ordinary meters is sufficient to be able to read common verses with ease and properly observe pauses.
