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It was Ib Jane, 1875, as I chanced to be for a day or two in Leipzig, that I was nnexpeetedly invited to prepare the Sanskrit grammar for the Indo-European series projected by Messrs. Breitkopf and HSrtel. After some coneideration, and consnltatioii with friends, I accepted the task, and have Eonce devoted to it what time could be spared from regular duties, after the satisfaction of engagements earlier formed. If the delay seems a long one, it was nevertheless unavoidable; and I would gladly, in the interest of the work itself, have made it still longer. In every such case, it is neeessaiy to make a compromise between measurably satisfying a present pressing need, and doing the subject fuller justice at the cost of more time; and it seemed as if the call for a Sanskrit grammar on a somewhat different plan from those already in use excellent as some of these in many respects are was urgent enough to recommend a speedy completion of the work begun. The objects had especially in view in the preparation of this grammar have been the following: To make a presentation of the facts of the language primarily as they show themselves in use in the literature, and only secondarily as they are laid down hythe native grammarians. The earliest European grammars were by the necessity of the case chiefly founded on their native predecessors; and a traditional method was thus established which has been perhaps somewhat too closely adhered to, at the expense of clearness and of proportion, as well as of scientific tmth. Accordingly, my attention has not been directed toward a profounder study of the grammatical science of the Hindu schools: their teachings I have been contented to take 3, q, i,.
It was Ib Jane, 1875, as I chanced to be for a day or two in Leipzig, that I was nnexpeetedly invited to prepare the Sanskrit grammar for the Indo-European series projected by Messrs. Breitkopf and HSrtel. After some coneideration, and consnltatioii with friends, I accepted the task, and have Eonce devoted to it what time could be spared from regular duties, after the satisfaction of engagements earlier formed. If the delay seems a long one, it was nevertheless unavoidable; and I would gladly, in the interest of the work itself, have made it still longer. In every such case, it is neeessaiy to make a compromise between measurably satisfying a present pressing need, and doing the subject fuller justice at the cost of more time; and it seemed as if the call for a Sanskrit grammar on a somewhat different plan from those already in use excellent as some of these in many respects are was urgent enough to recommend a speedy completion of the work begun. The objects had especially in view in the preparation of this grammar have been the following: To make a presentation of the facts of the language primarily as they show themselves in use in the literature, and only secondarily as they are laid down hythe native grammarians. The earliest European grammars were by the necessity of the case chiefly founded on their native predecessors; and a traditional method was thus established which has been perhaps somewhat too closely adhered to, at the expense of clearness and of proportion, as well as of scientific tmth. Accordingly, my attention has not been directed toward a profounder study of the grammatical science of the Hindu schools: their teachings I have been contented to take 3, q, i,.
Book Details
| PIBN: | 1000141639 | |
| Category: | Language - English Language | |
| Year: | 1891 | |
| Language: | English | |
| Pages: | 574 | |
| Words: | 227062 | |
| Sample: | Download | |
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