Laghukaumudi of Varadaraja(Sanskrit Grammar by Varadaraja w/ English Version, Commentary & Ref’s.)

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Title: Laghukaumudi of Varadaraja(Sanskrit Grammar by Varadaraja w/ English Version, Commentary & Ref’s.)
Author: Ballantyne, James R.
Item Code: ISBN9788120809161
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Pub, Delhi
Edition: 4th ed., Date: 2005, 451 pp., PB
Description: The ‘Laghukaumudi of Varadaraja’ is an abridgement of the ‘Siddhantakaumudi’ of Bhattoji Diksita which arranges Panini’s sutras according to particular topics. Thus, it introduces the beginner to the rudiments of the Sanskrit language. The present book is an English version of the Sanskrit ‘Laghukaumudi’ together with comments, references and index. It supplies references to related rules as well as explaining each process on its first occurrence, so that the student can know the steps the root has taken before it has attained its present form. This book is a valuable contribution to the study of Sanskrit grammar.