PREFACF TO THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION INTRODUCTION: BRIEF HISTORY OF SANSKRIT GRAMMAR TABLE OF THE DEVANAGARI LETTERS CHAPTER I: The ALPHABET Relation of Sanskrit to Vedic and to the Indian Vernaculars- Origin of Indian Writing �C Arrangement of the Letters�C The Vowels�CThe Consonants-The Numerical Figures-Pronunciation CHAPTER II: ��UPHONIC COMBINATION External Sandhi: Combination of Vowels and of Consonants- Internal Sandhi : Combination of Vowels and of Consonants CHAPTER III: DECLENSION Nouns: Consonant sterns-unchangeable-changeable: with Two Stems; with Three Stems�CVowel stems�CDegrees of Comparison�C Numerals: Cardinals-Ordinals--Numeral Adverbs-Pronouns:Per- sonal�CDemonstrative�CInterrogative�CRelative�CReflexive�CPosses- sive-Compound-Quantitative-Indefinite-Pronominal Adjectives CHAPTER IV: CONJUGATION Introductory�CThe Present System�CFirst Conjugation�CSecond Conjugation �CThe Augment�CReduplication �CTerminations�CPara- digms�C Irregularities �C The Perfect �C The Aorist: First Aorist�C Sccond Aorist-Benedictive�CFuture�CConditional�CPassive-Par- ticiples�CGerund�CInfinitive�CDerivative Verbs : Causative�CDesi- derative�CIntensive�CDenominative CHAPTER V: INDECLINABLE WORDS Prepositions �C Prepositional Adverbs �C Prepositional Substan- tives-PrepositionalGerunds-Conjunctive and Adverbial Particles- Interjections CHAPTER VI: NOMINAL STEM FORMATION AND COMPOUNDS Primary Suffixes�CSecondary Suffixes�C Gender �CVerbal Com- pounds�CNominal Compounds : Co-ordinatives �C Determinatives: Dependent and Descriptive�CPossessives CHAPTER VII: SYNTAX of Words�CThe Article�CNumber�CCon- Introductory�COrder cord�C Pronouns �C Use of the Cases �C Locative and Genitive Absolute�CParticiples �CInfinitive�C Use of the Tenses�CUse of the Moods-Conditional APPENDIX I: LIST OF VERBS APPENDIX II: METRE IN CLASSICAL SANSKRIT APPENDIX III: CHIEF PECULIARITIES OF VEDIC GRAMMAR 236-244 SANSKRIT INDEX GENERAL INDEX