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First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar, Together with an Introduction to the Hitopadesa by Ballantyne, James R
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 200
- Edition: Second edition, second impression
- Publisher: Trubner & Co
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1873
- Pages: viii, 109 pp
Description
London:: Trubner & Co, 1873. Second edition, second impression. 8vo,. brown cloth, gilt lettering, with paper spine label. Wear to hinges and spine, bookplate, very good. An introduction to the Sanskrit language and the Devanagari alphabet complete with translation exercises, pronounciation guide etc. This second edition has an introuduction to the Hitopadesa-a collection of Sanskrit tales with moralastic themes.
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Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
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