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Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Devanāgarī Transliteration (IAST and Kyoto-Harvard)
Devanāgarī Typing and Keyboard Layouts (Mac & Windows)
Lesson 1: Phonology
Devanāgarī Phonology Chart
Exercises
Lesson 2: The Devanāgarī Script
Devanāgarī Script Writing Tutor
Post-consonantal Vowels
Consonantal Conjuncts
Exercises
Lesson 3: Sandhi
Vowel Strength (
गुण / वृद्धि
)
Sandhi Rules
Sandhi Charts
Exercises
Lesson 4: Parts of Speech
Verbs - The Present Indicative (
वर्तमाने लट्
)
Verbs -
अस्
– "is, exists"
Nouns in -a (
-अ
)
Case Meanings
Personal Pronouns (
अस्मत्
and
युष्मत्
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 5
Nouns in -ā (
-आ
)
Demonstrative Pronouns (
तत्
and
एतत्
)
Adjectives of Pronominal Declension
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 6
Nouns in -i/-u (
-इ/-उ
)
Interrogative, Relative, and Correlative Indeclinables (the K-Y-T series)
Interrogative, Relative, and Correlative Pronouns
Relative, and Correlative Sentence Examples
†
Indefinite and Absolute constructions
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 7
Nouns in -ī (
-ई
)
Gaṇa-s of the Present System
:
First class (
भू गण
)
Second class (
अद् गण
)
Third class (
हु गण
)
Fourth class (
दिव् गण
)
Fifth class (
सु गण
)
Sixth class (
तुद् गण
)
Seventh class (
रुध् गण
)
Eighth class (
तन् गण
)
Ninth class (
क्री गण
)
Tenth class (
चुर् गण
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 8
Nouns in -an (
-अन्
); Stem Strength
Verbs - The Imperfect (
अनद्यतन भूते लङ्
)
Upasarga-s
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 9
Nouns in -aḥ/-iḥ/-uḥ (
-अः/-इः/-उः
)
Verbs - The Passive (
कर्मणि प्रयोग
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*
Reading
*
Lesson 10
Nouns in -ṛ (
-ऋ
)
Verbs - The Past Passive Participle (
भूते कृदन्त
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 11
Nouns & Adjectives in -ant (
-अन्त
)
Verbs - The Past Active Participle (
क्तवतु
)
Verbs - The Imperative (
लोट्
)
†
The Gerund (
त्वान्त / ल्यबन्त
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 12
Nouns & Adjectives in -in (
-इन्
)
Nominal Composition (
समास
)
†:
Karmadhāraya
compounds (
कर्मधारय समास
)
†
Tatpuruṣa
(syntactic) compounds (
तत्पुरुष समास
)
†
Upapada
('reduced-word') compounds (
उपपद समास
)
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 13
The Infinitive (
तुमन्नन्त
)
Nominal Composition continued (
समास
)
†:
Bahuvrīhi
compounds (
बहुव्रीहि समास
)
†
Dvigu
compounds (
द्विगु समास
)
†
Exercises
Glossary
*
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 14
Nominal Composition concluded (
समास
)
†:
Dvandva
compounds (
द्वन्द्व समास
)
Avyayībhāva
compounds (
अव्ययीभाव समास
)
Verbs - The Optative (
विधि लिङ्
)
†
Exercises
Glossary
*†
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 15
Verbs - The Present Participle (
वर्तमाने कृदन्त
)
†
Exercises
Glossary
*†
Flashcards
*†
Reading
*
Lesson 16
Verbs - The Simple Future (
सामान्यभविष्यत्काले लृट्
)
†
Verbs - The Conditional (
अतिपत्तौ लृङ्
)
The Gerundive (
कृत्य
)
Exercises
Glossary*
Flashcards*
Reading*
Lesson 17
Verbs - The Perfect (
परोक्षभूते लिट्
)
Verbs - The Perfect Participle
Exercises
Glossary*
Flashcards*
Reading*
Lesson 18
Verbs - The Present Participle (
वर्तमाने कृदन्त
)
Exercises
Glossary*
Flashcards*
Reading
*†
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