Devavanipravesika: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language - Softcover

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2011. Softcover. Book Condition: New. . (illustrator). 14 x 21 cm. The purpose, in writing this book, is to provide a self-contained primer, workbook and reader for teaching first year Sanskrit students with no previous linguistic training. The author has tried throughout the work to introduce, explain and illustrate the most significant features of the language and through verses, quotations, and readings. To these ends the grammar has been, in several areas, simplified to prevent the beginner from being more hampered than is absolutely necessary by relatively insignificant paradigms, rules and exceptions. Upon completion of this course, students should have a real working knowledge of the major outlines of Sanskrit sentences with some facility and read, with the help of dictionary, approximately five to ten verses of the Valmiki Ramayana or a similar text in an hour. Printed Pages: 574. Bookseller Inventory # 55768

Sally J. Sutherland Goldman received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979, where she has taught Sanskrit and related subjects since 1981. She is the Associate Editor of the V lm kiR m ya a Translation Project. She is the co-annotator of the B lak a (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984), and co-translator of the Sundarak a (Princeton: Princeton University Press,1996), Yuddhak a (Princeton: Princeton University Press,2009), and the Uttarak a (forthcoming). Dr. Sutherland Goldman has lectured, taught, and published widely in the areas of Sanskrit epic and literature and traditional South Asian constructions and representations of gender. She is co-author of the Devav prave ik : An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language (Berkeley: Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies, U. C. Berkeley, 1980, 2004) and the editor of Bridging Worlds: Studies on Women in South Asia (Berkeley: Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies, U. C. Berkeley 1991. Reprint: Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1991). A frequent visitor to India, she spent the Spring of 2010 as a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jahwarhal Nehru University. She was selected as was a recepient of the the University of California at Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award for 2012 (http://teaching.berkeley.edu/dta12/dtaprofiles12.html). She is a co-organizer of a conference on epic studies to be held Oct. 26 27th, 2012 in celebration of the long-anticipated concusion of the R m ya a Translation Project (http://townsendlab.berkeley.edu/new-directions-study-epics-south-and-sou...Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Possessing a powerful and wide vocal range (particularly using his trademark high-pitched vocals) he has also had a successful solo career spanning more than 40 years. Plant is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll during which time he has influenced musicians such as Freddie Mercury, Axl Rose, and Chris Cornell.[1] In 2006, Heavy Metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the "Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time".[2] In 2009, Plant was voted "the greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by Planet Rock.[3][4] In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead