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The Joy of Sanskrit

First Page
Chapter 1- Imprint and copyright information
Chapter 1- Introduction to the course
Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter 1- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 1- Verse 1
Chapter 1: Vowels
Chapter 1 - Grammar:Verbs
Chapter 1 -Vocabulary
Chapter 1- Activities
Chapter 2- Introduction
Chapter 2- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 2- Verse 2
Chapter 2- Grammar
Chapter 2 - Consonants
Chapter 2 - Grammar:Verbs
Chapter 2 -Vocabulary
Chapter 2- Activities
Chapter 3- Introduction
Chapter 3- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 3- Verse 3
Chapter 3- Grammar
Chapter 3 - Consonants
Chapter 3 - Grammar:Verbs
Chapter 3 -Vocabulary
Chapter 3- Activities
Chapter 4- Introduction
Chapter 4- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 4- Verse 4
Chapter 3: Grammar
Chapter 4: Consonants
Chapter 4 - Grammar:Nouns
Chapter 4 -Vocabulary
Chapter 4- Activities
Chapter 5- Introduction
Chapter 5- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 5- Verse 5
Chapter 5- Grammar
Chapter 5 - Vowels
Chapter 5 - Grammar: Instrumental and dative
Chapter 5 -Vocabulary
Chapter 5- Activities
Chapter 6- Introduction
Chapter 6- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 6- Verse 6
Chapter 6- Grammar
Chapter 6 - Vowels after consonants
Chapter 6 - Grammar: Ablative and genitive
Chapter 6 -Vocabulary
Chapter 6- Activities
Chapter 7- Introduction
Chapter 7- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 7- Verse 7
Chapter 7- Grammar
Chapter 7 - Conjunct consonants
Chapter 7 - Locative and vocative
Chapter 7 -Vocabulary
Chapter 7- Activities
Chapter 8- Introduction
Chapter 8- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 8- Verse 8
Chapter 8- Grammar
Chapter 8 - The sandhi rules for combining vowels
Chapter 8 - Neuter nouns in short a
Chapter 8 -Vocabulary
Chapter 8- Activities
Chapter 9- Introduction
Chapter 9- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 9- Verse 9
Chapter 9- Grammar
Chapter 9 - The sandhi rules for final ḥ
Chapter 9 - Middle verbs
Chapter 9 -Vocabulary
Chapter 9- Activities
Chapter 10- Introduction
Chapter 10- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 10- Verse 10
Chapter 10- Grammar
Chapter 10 - Remaining sandhi rules
Chapter 10 - Pronouns
Chapter 10 -Vocabulary
Chapter 10- Activities
Chapter 11- Introduction
Chapter 11- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 11- Verse 11
Chapter 11- Grammar
Chapter 11 - Internal sandhi rules
Chapter 11 - Feminine nouns in ā and third person pronouns
Chapter 11 -Vocabulary
Chapter 11- Activities
Chapter 12- Introduction
Chapter 12- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 12- Verse 12
Chapter 12- Grammar
Chapter 12 - Numbers
Chapter 12 - Week 12. Grammar: Nouns in short ‘i’
Chapter 12 -Vocabulary
Chapter 12- Activities
Chapter 13- Introduction
Chapter 13- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 13- Verse 13
Chapter 13- Grammar
Chapter 13 - Vowels sandhi
Chapter 13 - Relative-correlative constructions
Chapter 13 -Vocabulary
Chapter 13- Activities
Chapter 14- Introduction
Chapter 14- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 14- Verse 14
Chapter 14- Grammar
Chapter 14 - The sandhi rules for final ḥ
Chapter 14 - Verb prefixes
Chapter 14 -Vocabulary
Chapter 14- Activities
Chapter 15- Introduction
Chapter 15- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 15- Verse 15
Chapter 15- Grammar
Chapter 15 - Sandhi rules for final m
Chapter 15 - Verb prefixes
Chapter 15 -Vocabulary
Chapter 15- Activities
Chapter 16- Introduction
Chapter 16- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 16- Verse 16
Chapter 16- Grammar
Chapter 16 - Sandhi rules for final n
Chapter 16 - Grammar: Nouns in -an
Chapter 16 -Vocabulary
Chapter 16- Activities
Chapter 17- Introduction
Chapter 17- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 17- Verse 17
Chapter 17- Grammar
Chapter 17 - Sandhi rules for final t
Chapter 17 - Nouns in ṛ
Chapter 17 -Vocabulary
Chapter 17- Activities
Chapter 18- Introduction
Chapter 18- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 18- Verse 18
Chapter 18- Grammar
Chapter 18 - Remaining sandhi rules
Chapter 18 - Nouns in u
Chapter 18 -Vocabulary
Chapter 18- Activities
Chapter 19- Introduction
Chapter 19- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 19- Grammar
Chapter 19 - Recitation
Chapter 19 - Grammar
Chapter 19 -Vocabulary
Chapter 19- Activities
Chapter 20- Introduction
Chapter 20- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 20- Verse 20
Chapter 20- Grammar
Chapter 20 - Recitation
Chapter 20 - Verb classes 1,4,6,10. Verb class 8. Passive construction
Chapter 20 -Vocabulary
Chapter 20- Activities
Chapter 21- Introduction
Chapter 21- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 21- Grammar
Chapter 21 - Recitation
Chapter 21 - Nouns ending in as. The bahuvrīhi compound
Chapter 21 -Vocabulary
Chapter 21- Activities
Chapter 22- Introduction
Chapter 22- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 22- Grammar
Chapter 22 - Recitation
Chapter 22 - The Past Passive Participle. Verb Class 3. The Prefixes su and dus
Chapter 22 -Vocabulary
Chapter 22- Activities
Chapter 23- Introduction
Chapter 23- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 23- Grammar
Chapter 23 - Recitation
Chapter 23 - Nominals with ending '-in'. More Class Verbs 7. Internal sandhi, more examples.
Chapter 23 -Vocabulary
Chapter 23- Activities
Chapter 24- Introduction
Chapter 24- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 24- Grammar
Chapter 24 - Recitation
Chapter 24 - The Periphrastic Future. The Gerundive. Verb Class 5
Chapter 24 -Vocabulary
Chapter 24- Activities
Chapter 25- Introduction
Chapter 25- Spoken Sanskrit
Chapter 25- Grammar
Chapter 25 - Recitation
Chapter 25 - Pronominal Adjectives.Verb Class 2.9. Summary of Verb Classes.
Chapter 25 -Vocabulary
Chapter 25- Activities

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