[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit grammatical terms

[Herman Tull]

Following up on Matthew Kapstein's comment, Whitney states of the
arrangement of the classes of roots,

"These are the "classes" or "conjugation-classes", as laid down by the
native Hindu grammarians. They are arranged by the latter in a certain
wholly artificial and unsystematic order (the ground of which has never
been discovered); and they are wont to be designated in European works
according to this order, or else, after Hindu example, by the root standing
at the head of each class in the Hindu lists. A different arrangement and
nomenclature will be followed here, namely as below — the classes being
divided (as is usual in European grammars) into two more general classes or
conjugations, distinguished from one another by wider differences than
those which separate the special classes."

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 7:16 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear McComas,
>
> If I recall correctly, thematic and athematic were first employed by
> European Sanskritists on the basis of a perceived analogy with Greek. There
> is no corresponding traditional distinction.
>
> best,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études,
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
>
> ________________________________________
> From: INDOLOGY [indology-bounces at list.indology.info] on behalf of McComas
> Taylor via INDOLOGY [indology at list.indology.info]
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 7:35 PM
> To: indology
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit grammatical terms
>
> Dear Friends
>
>
> A Cambodian colleague is translating Gonda's grammar of Sanskrit into
> Khmer. She would like to use Sanskrit grammatical terms where possible.
>
>
> She is asking for help with the following terms:
>
>
> present stem
>
>
> thematic and athematic verb classes
>
>
> If some kind person could respond to me, I'll forward the information to
> her.
>
>
> With thanks in advance
>
>
> Yours
>
>
> McComas
>
>
>
>
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