PREMABASESiddhānta-kaumudī
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Learner edition

सिद्धान्तकौमुदी

Pāṇinian Grammar for Learners
A textbook built on the Vaiyākaraṇa-siddhānta-kaumudī of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita
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One chapter for each prakaraṇa of the Siddhānta-kaumudī, in its own order. Every sūtra is explained in plain English, shown at work on a concrete word, and printed with Bhaṭṭoji’s own Sanskrit beneath it. Each chapter defines every technical term it uses and ends with a revision table.

Written for an advanced high-school or first-year university student who can read Devanāgarī and IAST and knows what a noun, a verb and an affix are. No Pāṇinian vocabulary is assumed. For the full scholarly translation and the commentaries, every chapter links to its reading page.

28 of 72 chapters ready; the rest follow as the translation advances.

1संज्ञाप्रकरणम्saṃjñāprakaraṇamTechnical Terms (saṃjñā)read →2परिभाषाप्रकरणम्paribhāṣāprakaraṇamInterpretive Metarules (paribhāṣā)read →3अच्सन्धिप्रकरणम्acsandhiprakaraṇamVowel Sandhiread →4प्रकृतिभावप्रकरणम्prakṛtibhāvaprakaraṇamHiatus in Vowel Sandhiread →5हल्सन्धिप्रकरणम्halsandhiprakaraṇamConsonant Sandhiread →6विसर्गसन्धिप्रकरणम्visargasandhiprakaraṇamVisarga Sandhiread →7स्वादिसन्धिप्रकरणम्svādisandhiprakaraṇamSandhi before Case-Endingsread →8अजन्तपुल्लिङ्गप्रकरणम्ajantapulliṅgaprakaraṇamMasculine Vowel-ending Stemsread →9अजन्तस्त्रीलिङ्गप्रकरणम्ajantastrīliṅgaprakaraṇamFeminine Vowel-ending Stemsread →10अजन्तनपुंसकलिङ्गप्रकरणम्ajantanapuṃsakaliṅgaprakaraṇamNeuter Vowel-ending Stemsread →11हलन्तपुंलिङ्गप्रकरणम्halantapuṃliṅgaprakaraṇamMasculine Consonant-ending Stemsread →12हलन्तस्त्रीलिङ्गप्रकरणम्halantastrīliṅgaprakaraṇamFeminine Consonant-ending Stemsread →13हलन्तनपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रकरणम्halantanapuṃsakaliṅga-prakaraṇamNeuter Consonant-ending Stemsread →14अव्ययप्रकरणम्avyayaprakaraṇamIndeclinables (avyaya)read →15स्त्रीप्रत्ययप्रकरणम्strīpratyayaprakaraṇamFeminine Suffixes (strī-pratyaya)read →16कारकप्रकरणम्kārakaprakaraṇamCase Roles (kāraka)read →17अव्ययीभावसमासप्रकरणम्avyayībhāvasamāsaprakaraṇamAvyayībhāva Compoundsread →18तत्पुरुषसमासप्रकरणम्tatpuruṣasamāsaprakaraṇamTatpuruṣa Compoundsread →19बहुव्रीहिसमासप्रकरणम्bahuvrīhisamāsaprakaraṇamBahuvrīhi Compoundsread →20द्वन्द्वसमासप्रकरणम्dvandvasamāsaprakaraṇamDvandva Compoundsread →21एकशेषप्रकरणम्ekaśeṣaprakaraṇamSingle-Residue (ekaśeṣa)read →22सर्वसमासशेषप्रकरणम्sarvasamāsaśeṣaprakaraṇamRemaining Compound Rulesread →23सर्वसमासान्तप्रकरणम्sarvasamāsāntaprakaraṇamCompound-final Affixes (samāsānta)read →24अलुगुसमासप्रकरणम्alugusamāsaprakaraṇamCompounds without Case-elision (aluk)read →25समासाश्रयविधिप्रकरणम्samāsāśrayavidhiprakaraṇamRules Dependent on Compoundingread →26तद्धिकाधिकारप्रकरणे अपत्यादिविकारान्तार्थसाधारणप्रत्ययाःtaddhikādhikāraprakaraṇe apatyādivikārāntārthasādhāraṇapratyayāḥSecondary Suffixes (taddhita): Governing Rulesread →27तद्धिताधिकारे अपत्याधिकारप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre apatyādhikāraprakaraṇamSecondary Suffixes (taddhita): Governing Rulesread →28तद्धिताधिकारे चातुरर्थिकप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre cāturarthikaprakaraṇamtaddhita: ‘Four-Sense’ Suffixesread →
29तद्धिताधिकारे शैषिकप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre śaiṣikaprakaraṇamtaddhita: Relational Suffixes (śaiṣika)in preparation
30तद्धिताधिकारे प्राग्दीव्यतीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre prāgdīvyatīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: the prāgdīvyatīya Sectionin preparation
31तद्धिताधिकारे ठगधिकारप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre ṭhagadhikāraprakaraṇamtaddhita: the prāgvahatīya Sectionin preparation
32तद्धिताधिकारे प्राग्घितीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre prāgghitīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: the prāgghitīya Sectionin preparation
33तद्धिताधिकारे आर्हीये छयद्विधिप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre ārhīye chayadvidhiprakaraṇamtaddhita: the cha/yat Suffixesin preparation
34तद्धिताधिकारे आर्हीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre ārhīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: ‘Deserving’ Suffixes (arha)in preparation
35तद्धिताधिकारे ठञधिकारे कालाधिकारप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre ṭhañadhikāre kālādhikāraprakaraṇamtaddhita: Suffixes of Time (kāla)in preparation
36तद्धिताधिकारे ठञ्विधिप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre ṭhañvidhiprakaraṇamtaddhita: the ṭhañ Suffixin preparation
37तद्धिताधिकारे नञ्स्नञधिकारप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre nañsnañadhikāraprakaraṇamtaddhita: Abstract & Object Sensesin preparation
38तद्धिताधिकारे पाञ्चमिकप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre pāñcamikaprakaraṇamtaddhita: Ablatival Suffixes (pañcamī)in preparation
39तद्धिताधिकारे मत्वर्थीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre matvarthīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: Possessive Suffixes (matvartha)in preparation
40तद्धिताधिकारे प्राग्दिशीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre prāgdiśīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: the prāgdiśīya Sectionin preparation
41तद्धिताधिकारे प्रागिवीयप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre prāgivīyaprakaraṇamtaddhita: the prāgivīya Sectionin preparation
42तद्धिताधिकारे स्वार्थिकप्रकरणम्taddhitādhikāre svārthikaprakaraṇamtaddhita: Self-Sense Suffixes (svārtha)in preparation
43द्विरुक्तप्रकरणम्dviruktaprakaraṇamWord Doubling (dvirukta)in preparation
44तिङन्तभ्वादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantabhvādiprakaraṇamVerbs: bhvādi (1st) Classin preparation
45तिङन्तादादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantādādiprakaraṇamVerbs: adādi (2nd) Classin preparation
46तिङन्तजुहोत्यादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantajuhotyādiprakaraṇamVerbs: juhotyādi (3rd) Classin preparation
47तिङन्तदिवादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantadivādiprakaraṇamVerbs: divādi (4th) Classin preparation
48तिङन्तस्वादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantasvādiprakaraṇamVerbs: svādi (5th) Classin preparation
49तिङन्ततुदादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantatudādiprakaraṇamVerbs: tudādi (6th) Classin preparation
50तिङन्तरुधादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantarudhādiprakaraṇamVerbs: rudhādi (7th) Classin preparation
51तिङन्ततनादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantatanādiprakaraṇamVerbs: tanādi (8th) Classin preparation
52तिङन्तक्र्यादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantakryādiprakaraṇamVerbs: kryādi (9th) Classin preparation
53तिङन्तचुरादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantacurādiprakaraṇamVerbs: curādi (10th) Classin preparation
54तिङन्तणिच्प्रकरणम्tiṅantaṇicprakaraṇamVerbs: Causatives (ṇic)in preparation
55तिङन्तसन्प्रकरणम्tiṅantasanprakaraṇamVerbs: Desideratives (san)in preparation
56तिङन्तयङ्प्रकरणम्tiṅantayaṅprakaraṇamVerbs: Intensives (yaṅ)in preparation
57तिङन्तयङ्लुक्प्रकरणम्tiṅantayaṅlukprakaraṇamVerbs: Intensives without yaṅ (yaṅ-luk)in preparation
58तिङन्तनामधातुप्रकरणम्tiṅantanāmadhātuprakaraṇamVerbs: Denominatives (nāma-dhātu)in preparation
59तिङन्तकण्ड्वादिप्रकरणम्tiṅantakaṇḍvādiprakaraṇamVerbs: the kaṇḍvādi Rootsin preparation
60तिङन्तप्रत्ययमालाप्रकरणम्tiṅantapratyayamālāprakaraṇamVerbs: Garland of Affixes (pratyaya-mālā)in preparation
61तिङन्तात्मनेपदप्रकरणम्tiṅantātmanepadaprakaraṇamVerbs: Middle Voice (ātmanepada)in preparation
62तिङन्तपरस्मैपदप्रकरणम्tiṅantaparasmaipadaprakaraṇamVerbs: Active Voice (parasmaipada)in preparation
63भावकर्मतिङ्प्रकरणम्bhāvakarmatiṅprakaraṇamVerbs: Impersonal & Passivein preparation
64कर्मकर्तृतिङ्प्रकरणम्karmakartṛtiṅprakaraṇamVerbs: Reflexive-Passive (karma-kartṛ)in preparation
65लकारार्थप्रकरणम्lakārārthaprakaraṇamMeanings of the Tenses & Moods (lakāra)in preparation
66कृदन्तकृत्यप्रकरणम्kṛdantakṛtyaprakaraṇamPrimary Suffixes (kṛt): Gerundives (kṛtya)in preparation
67पूर्वकृदन्तप्रकरणम्pūrvakṛdantaprakaraṇamPrimary Suffixes (kṛt): First Partin preparation
68उणादिप्रकरणम्uṇādiprakaraṇamThe uṇādi Suffixesin preparation
69उत्तरकृदन्तप्रकरणम्uttarakṛdantaprakaraṇamPrimary Suffixes (kṛt): Latter Partin preparation
70वैदिकप्रकरणम्vaidikaprakaraṇamVedic Grammar (vaidikī prakriyā)in preparation
71स्वरप्रकरणम्svaraprakaraṇamAccentuation (svara)in preparation
72लिङ्गानुशासनम्liṅgānuśāsanamGender of nominal stems (liṅgānuśāsana)in preparation