A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Based Upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons; - Couverture rigide

Cappeller, Carl

9781344797443: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Based Upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons;

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 134479744X ISBN 13 : 9781344797443

Editeur : Arkose Press, 2015

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Here we must, of course, distinguish between the old simple words and the comparatively younger derivatives and compounds, which generally are easy and transparent enough to admit of an insight into their origin and growth even by the help of a simple translation. This is also the reason why I abstained from giving a formal analysis of words, such as would, in each individual case, trace the compound back to its constituent parts and the simple word to its root or stem. In the first place, nine tenth of all cases are so clear in themselves, that even for the beginner, if he only has worked his way through the euphonic rules and the elements of word-formation, they need no explanation whatever. The last tenth, on the other hand, offers numerous difficulties, which it would be impossible to remove without altogether changing the elementary character of this book. There are, moreover, two excellent guides through this domain of studies, Whitney sR oots and Lanman sR eader, of which the one furnishes ample material forS anskrit and the other for comparative etymology, so that a book, which in a certain degree is intended to be.a completion or continuation of both, may well be for the most part restricted to purely lexicographic matter. There are still a few remarks to be made about some particulars of the outer plan and arrangement of this dictionary. On the whole, it offers only authenticated matter i.e. such words, word-forms, genders, accents etc. as are actually found in the works of Sanskrit writers, but not such as are merely taught by grammarians and lexicographers (with a few exceptions, which are always recognizable as such; cf.p.vui). To accommodate myself to theE nglish custom, and to be in accordance with Whitney ssystem, roots and stems are throughout given with f(instead of ar or f), e.g. 13 (instead of HR ). The adjective generally shows only the
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