Introduction to Sanskrit

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Summary: Confused
Review: I bought this book a few months ago. I have found it to be very clear and well organized. I'm enjoying learing Sanskrit very much. I also bought Coulson's book and I am a bit confused as to the differences in the devanagari scripts used in the books. Both claim to be teaching Classical Sanskrit so I don't understand why there are such huge variations. I've tried to find explanation for this on the Internet and other places, but I can't seem to find one.

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Summary: Best choice
Review: I think I have looked at most of the available Sanskrit introductory books - Coulson, Goldberg, Apte, Rapid sanskrit method, etc, first as a student and now as a teacher. Egenes is the best that I have seen. It is clear, simple, well thought out. It uses English grammatical terms. The exercises are good, and the answers are at the back if you need them. The devanagari is big and clear.

My only reservations are that in the earlier edition, Egenes uses the nom. masc. singular ending -s, then has to explain it away a few chapters later.

If you are learning or teaching Sanskrit, this is definietly the best choice.

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Summary: clear and simple
Review: Originally I had picked up Coulson's intro sanskrit book. I found it very difficult to understand, and as a result I gave up on learning Sanskrit. When I received Engenes book, I felt releived and motivated because it was so clear and simple. When your learning a new language, it is important to keep things simple and to work in baby steps. Engens book is simple and clear!

Rating:
Summary: clear and simple
Review: Originally I had picked up Coulson's intro sanskrit book. I found it very difficult to understand, and as a result I gave up on learning Sanskrit. When I received Engenes book, I felt releived and motivated because it was so clear and simple. When your learning a new language, it is important to keep things simple and to work in baby steps. Engens book is simple and clear!

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Summary: Introduction to Sanskrit--Part One
Review: This was an excellent introductory book on Sanskrit. It was obviously written by someone experienced in teaching Sanskrit, and sensitive to student input. It was easy to follow and repetitive enough to give the beginning student a certain sense of mastery as each new piece of information would build on the last. I highly recommend it for any beginning student who may have found the Colson text entirely too overwhelming and confusing.

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Summary: Introduction to Sanskrit--Part One
Review: This was an excellent introductory book on Sanskrit. It was obviously written by someone experienced in teaching Sanskrit, and sensitive to student input. It was easy to follow and repetitive enough to give the beginning student a certain sense of mastery as each new piece of information would build on the last. I highly recommend it for any beginning student who may have found the Colson text entirely too overwhelming and confusing.