內容簡介

《閱讀梵文佛典：基本語法指南》是法光法師介紹梵文學習的經典之作，也是普通讀者入門與研習梵文的佳品。

全書由英文寫成，但其中參考了諸多中文佛典和梵文經典佛典，篇章分布得當，內容由淺入深，每篇章還會配有相應試題練習。

作者在書中對梵文經典的結構，梵文單詞詞性及各種常見的梵文表達方式進行了細致入微的分析。

作者介紹

法光法師（Ven. K. L. Dhammajoti），馬來西亞人，斯里蘭卡科倫坡克拉尼亞大學佛學博士，現在克拉尼亞大學、香港大學和中國佛學院等多家大學任兼職教授。學兼大小乘，精通英、漢、馬、巴利文、梵文，熱心在學業上幫助中國留學僧，對華友好，曾多次訪華。

Preface

Abbreviations

Lesson 1
1.1 The Sanskrit Alphabet
1.2 Three genders of nouns: masculine (m), neutral (n)
and feminine (f)
1.3 Three numbers: singular (sg), dual (du) and plural (pl)
1.4 Case (vibhakti)
1.5 Masculine nouns ending with -a
1.6 Adjectives
1.7 Omission of the verb 「to be」 in a sentence
1.8 Indeclinable particles ca, vā, api, na and the affix –vat

Lesson 2
2.1 The accusative case (acc)
2.2 The ablative case (abl)
2.3 Accusative and ablative case of m nouns ending in -a:
buddha
2.4 Neutral nouns ending in -a: phala
2.5 Sanskrit verbs
2.6 Verbal prefixes
2.7 Three grades of strengthening of vowels
2.8 Verbs of classes I, IV, VI, X
2.9 Particle iti
2.10 The emphatic particle eva

Lesson 3
3.1 The dative case
3.2 Genitive used in the dative sense
3.3 Expression of 「have」
3.4 The vocative case
3.5 The declensions learned so far
3.6 Declension of f ā-ending noun: praj？ā
3.7 Suffixes -tā, -tva , -tas
3.8 Class VI verbs
3.9 Class IV verbs
3.10 Class X verbs
3.11 Summary of differences between verbs of
class I, IV, VI and X
3.12 Personal pronouns: 1st person stem: mad,
2nd person stem: tvad

Lesson 4
4.1 Declension of m nouns ending in -u
4.2 Declension of n nouns ending in -u
4.3 Declension of pronoun sa？ (m) 『he』/『that』
and e？a？ (m) 『this』
4.4 Declension of pronoun tat (n) 『it』/『that』
and etat 『this』
4.5 The enclitic pronoun enam
4.6 The causative verbs
4.7 The denominatives
4.8 The instrumental case
4.9 Past Passive Participles (PPP)

Lesson 5
5.1 Declension of m nouns ending in -i : agni
5.2 Declension of n nouns ending in -i : vāri
5.3 Declension of f nouns ending in -i : jāti
5.4 Declension of f nouns ending in -ī : nadī
5.5 Declension of pronoun sā (f)
5.6 Declension of demonstratives: ayam (m),
idam (n), iyam (f)
5.7 Declension of interrogative pronou

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