Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary (2 Vols.)

📦 Product Details

• Author: F. Edgerton
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
• Publication Date: 15 April 1998
• Edition: New Edition
• Language: English
• Print Length: 866 pages
• ISBN-10: 8120809971
• ISBN-13: 978-8120809970
• Item Weight: 3000 g

📖 About the Book

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary is a major scholarly reference work dedicated to the study of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (BHS), the form of Sanskrit found in a substantial body of Buddhist literature.

The work is presented in two volumes, combining a detailed grammar with a comprehensive dictionary. It examines the distinctive grammatical forms, vocabulary, and linguistic features found in Buddhist Sanskrit texts, providing an important resource for understanding the language in which many Buddhist works were transmitted.

The grammar section helps readers study the morphology, syntax, and linguistic peculiarities of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, while the dictionary provides lexical information useful for reading and interpreting texts.

This two-volume set is particularly valuable for Sanskrit scholars, Buddhist studies researchers, Indologists, linguists, translators, and students working with Buddhist Sanskrit literature and classical Indian languages.

✍️ About the Author

Franklin Edgerton (1885–1963) was an American Sanskrit scholar and an important figure in the academic study of Indian languages and Buddhist literature. He taught Sanskrit and worked extensively on the language and textual traditions of ancient India.

His scholarship on Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit became an important reference for researchers studying Buddhist Sanskrit texts, and his Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary remains a significant work in the field of Buddhist studies and Sanskrit linguistics.