LAGHUKAUMUDI OF VARADARAJA

A different arrangement of Panini's Sutra was attempted by several grammarians, of which Siddhantakaumudi of Bhattoji Dikshita very popular, in bringing together the relevant sutras bearing on a particular topic. Laghukaumudi is a suitable abridgement on the same by Varadaraja introducing the beginner to the rudiments of the Sanskrit Language.

The present book is an English version of Laghukaumudi together with comments, references and index. One of the important objects of this version is to explain each term and each process, on its first occurrence, with the fullness of illustration. Yet when a word is given as an illustration under a rule and more rules are to be referred to in forming the word there is no reference to them whatsoever in the original. This edition supplies such references so that the student should know the steps the root has taken before it has attained its present form. The book is a valuable contribution to the study of Sanskrit Grammar.

Terms

Conjunction of Vowels

Conjunction of Consonants

Changes of "Visarga"

Masculines ending in vowels

Feminines ending in vowels

Neuters ending in vowels

Masculines ending in consonants

Feminines ending in consonants

Neuters ending in consonants

Indeclinables

'Bhu, &c"

"Ad, &c."

"Hu, &c."

"Div, &c"

"Su, &c"

"Tud, &c"

"Rudh, &c."

"Tan, &c."

"Kri, &c."

"Chur, &c."

Verbs ending in "ni"

Verbs ending in the affix "yan"

Verbs ending with a blank substituted for "yan"

Nominal Verbs

"Kandu, &c."

The "Atmanepada"

The "Paramaipada" affixes

Impersonals and passives

Reflective verbs

Meanings of the tenses

Words ending with the "krit" affixes

Case-affixes

Compound words

"Avyayibhava" or indeclinable compounds

"Tatpurusha" compounds

"Bahuvrthi" or attributive compounds

"Dwandwa" or aggregative compounds

The affixes which come at the end of compounds

The "Taddhita" affixes

The affixes of the feminine