A Sanskrit Reader With Vocabulary And Notes

PREFACE.THE results of comparative philology are now so generally incorporatedinto our modern classical grammars, lexicons, and text-books, that even aslight knowledge of Sanskrit, if it be accurate so far as it goes, is of greatservice to the classical teacher in making his illstruction interestillg andeffective. As independent disciplines, moreover, Sanskrit and comparativephilology, and the literatures and religions of India, are constantly gaillingin importance, so that, for example, Sanskrit is now taught at all but one ofthe twenty uuiversities of the German Empire.The design of this work, then, is twofold. In the first place, it is toserve as an introduction to these subjects for the students of our collegesand unh-ersities_ The excellent Chrestomathy of BOEHTLIXGK has novocabulary; and few persons can be expected to buy the costly dictionaryof 'YILLLDIS or that of BOEHTLINGK AXD ROTH, at the outset, when theyare uncertain whether Sanskrit will be ofTable of Contents CONTENTS; I