麦克唐奈(Arthur Anthony Macdonell,1854—1930):爱丁堡大学哲学博士,印度加尔各答大学文学博士,牛津大学梵文教授;主要著作有《学生梵语语法》《吠陀语语法》《梵语文学史》《梵英词典》等。
目录
PREFACF TO THIRD EDITION
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
INTRODUCTION: BRIEF HISTORY OF SANSKRIT GRAMMAR
TABLE OF THE DEVANAGARI LETTERS
CHAPTER I: The ALPHABET
Relation of Sanskrit to Vedic and to the Indian Vernaculars-
Origin of Indian Writing – Arrangement of the Letters– The
Vowels–The Consonants-The Numerical Figures-Pronunciation
CHAPTER II: ЕUPHONIC COMBINATION
External Sandhi: Combination of Vowels and of Consonants-
Internal Sandhi : Combination of Vowels and of Consonants
CHAPTER III: DECLENSION
Nouns: Consonant sterns-unchangeable-changeable: with Two
Stems; with Three Stems–Vowel stems–Degrees of Comparison–
Numerals: Cardinals-Ordinals--Numeral Adverbs-Pronouns:Per-
sonal–Demonstrative–Interrogative–Relative–Reflexive–Posses-
sive-Compound-Quantitative-Indefinite-Pronominal Adjectives
CHAPTER IV: CONJUGATION
Introductory–The Present System–First Conjugation–Second
Conjugation –The Augment–Reduplication –Terminations–Para-
digms– Irregularities – The Perfect – The Aorist: First Aorist–
Sccond Aorist-Benedictive–Future–Conditional–Passive-Par-
ticiples–Gerund–Infinitive–Derivative Verbs : Causative–Desi-
derative–Intensive–Denominative
CHAPTER V: INDECLINABLE WORDS
Prepositions – Prepositional Adverbs – Prepositional Substan-
tives-PrepositionalGerunds-Conjunctive and Adverbial Particles-
Interjections
CHAPTER VI: NOMINAL STEM FORMATION AND
COMPOUNDS
Primary Suffixes–Secondary Suffixes– Gender –Verbal Com-
pounds–Nominal Compounds : Co-ordinatives – Determinatives:
Dependent and Descriptive–Possessives
CHAPTER VII: SYNTAX
of Words–The Article–Number–Con-
Introductory–Order
cord– Pronouns – Use of the Cases – Locative and Genitive
Absolute–Participles –Infinitive– Use of the Tenses–Use of the
Moods-Conditional
APPENDIX I: LIST OF VERBS
APPENDIX II: METRE IN CLASSICAL SANSKRIT
APPENDIX III: CHIEF PECULIARITIES OF VEDIC GRAMMAR 236-244
SANSKRIT INDEX
GENERAL INDEX