I am happy to recommend P.B. Junnarkar's Introduction to Panini. This work shows a student the way the different parts of Panini's Astadhyayi interact to derive, inflect, and construe Sanskrit words.

This four volume work was first published in the 70s and 80s. It was republished in 2013-2015. (I usually reach for the first set of volumes as I find the nagari font of the second edition difficult to read.)

https://search.worldcat.org/title/5414044

Otherwise S.M. Katre's introduction to his translation of the Astadhyayi is a wonderful overview of the grammar.

All the best,
Jo

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024, 10:03 PM Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
> What resources are there for an english speaker to learn Paninian grammar and how to use it.


--- https://archive.org/details/ashtadhyayi/ashtadhyayi0/

https://archive.org/compress/ashtadhyayi/formats=TEXT%20PDF,IMAGE%20CONTAINER%20PDF&file=/ashtadhyayi.zip

On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 5:42 AM Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

On Sun, 8 Sept 2024 at 01:35, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
What resources are there for an english speaker to learn Paninian grammar and how to use it.
 I'm aware of works on  Pāniṇian grammar  in english:
1) The Laghukaumudī of Varadarāja translated by James Ballantyne written in 1849
2) The Siddhānta-kaumudī translated by Chandra Vasu over 2300 pages.
3)  Pāniṇi, His Work and Its Traditions, vol. 1 background and introduction by George Cardona


I've always found Saroja Bhate's Pāṇini (Makers of Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi) excellent in how it clearly spells out all the basics:


It's the book I send everyone to who wants to get started with Pāṇini, but does not have a teacher.

–Antonia

 
Thanks,
Harry Spier

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BoS Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Ramtek, Maharashtra
BoS Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Bengaluru.
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