Stenzler or?

[Hock, Hans Henrich]

http://www.amazon.com/A-Sanskrit-Grammar-Manfred-Mayrhofer/dp/0817312854

Hans Henrich Hock






On 15 Oct 2012, at 11:02, George Thompson wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> There is some doubt whether Mayrhofer's grammar was ever translated
> into English.  I believe I saw an English translation in Berkeley,
> Cal., but that was a long time ago, and my memory may be of some other
> grammar no longer remembered.  I didn't buy it because I already
> owned the German edition.
> 
> Can someone clarify?
> 
> George Thompson
> 
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Christophe Vielle
> <christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be> wrote:
>> For the French-speaking students,
>> there is, just issued (I discover it today), the
>> Grammaire sanskrite à l'usage des étudiants hellénistes et latinistes
>> by my Colleague Francine Mawet ; see:
>> http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=9023
>> where in her self-presentation she refers to the
>> Sanskrit Grammar by M. Mayrhofer (1972)
>> (? translation of his German Sanskrit-Grammatik mit sprachvergleichenden
>> Erläuterungen, 1964)
>> 
>> It is to be noted that the
>> Grammaire élémentaire et pratique du sanskrit classique, avec exercices
>> corrigés et textes expliqués
>> issued in 2010, by the "Classicist" (and Indologist) Sylvain Brocquet
>> See: http://www.safran.be/proddetail.php?prod=LCA16
>> is an excellent manual (with audio-examples available) for self-teaching.
>> 
>> With best wishes,
>> 
>> Christophe Vielle
>> Louvain-la-Neuve
>> 
>> Editor, Publications de l'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain series
>> - Last Indological issues: PIOL nos 53, 60
>> - Still available: Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (vols 1-2-3-4-5),  Asaṅga's
>> Mahāyānasaṃgraha, Vimalakīrtinirdeśa, Lamotte's History of Indian Buddhism,
>> etc.
>> 
>> Le 11 oct. 2012 à 23:45, Matthew Kapstein a écrit :
>> 
>> For one at home in Greek and Latin, I'd recommend Bergaigne
>> 
>> Matthew Kapstein
>> Directeur d'études,
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>> 
>> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>> The University of Chicago
>> 
>> 
>> dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> I have a colleague who is a classicist, whom I may be convincing it would be
>> great to study Sanskrit. I'm not sure what would be the best book to use for
>> someone who is entirely at home in Greek (and Latin) but doesn't know an
>> Indic language. I thought of Stenzler, but then, which edition? Or is there
>> a better choice? It may be disloyal given where I teach, but I consider
>> Gonda to be impossible as anything other than a list of forms...
>> 
>> thanks so much in advance for the advice, jonathan
>> --
>> J. Silk
>> Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden
>> Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, LIAS
>> Johan Huizinga Building, Room 1.37
>> Doelensteeg 16
>> 2311 VL Leiden
>> The Netherlands