Selected Bibliography with Annotations

Author(s): Eastern School
Publisher: Eastern School

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Sanskrit Language Study
(1872), and thus it was not able to benefit from his later work, but instead drew largely on Wilson's early Sanskrit-English dictionary (1819, 1832). No revised edition was ever prepared. Similarly, Apte's English-Sanskrit dictionary (1884) was prepared before he undertook his Sanskrit-English dictionary (1890), but his had the advantages of more predecessors to consult, including both of Monier-Williams' dictionaries, and particularly Anundoram Borooah's English-Sanskrit dictionary, and also had the advantage of having a revised edition (1920). So although Monier-Williams' dictionary is larger than Apte's, it is in this case not necessarily better.
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Introductory Sanskrit Study
Sanskrit Pronunciation: Booklet and Cassette, by Bruce Cameron Hall. Pasadena: Theosophical University Press, 1992. First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar and Reading, by Judith M. Tyberg. Los Angeles: East-West Cultural Center, 1964, etc. Introduction to Sanskrit, Part One, by Thomas Egenes. San Diego: Point Loma Publications, 1989.
Sanskrit: Essentials of Grammar and Language, by Kurt F. Leidecker, 1st ed. 1934; reprint 1966; 2nd ed. Adyar, Madras: The Adyar Library and Research Centre, 1976.
Sanskrit Pronunciation, by Bruce Cameron Hall, Ph.D. Harvard, should be studied by all who read literature containing Sanskrit words. The accompanying tape makes it an effortless way to learn "to pronounce Sanskrit words so that they are recognizable to Indian scholars." (p.1). The booklet contains "Sanskrit words often found in theosophical texts, with brief definitions." It includes terms from both Hinduism and Buddhism which are commonly used in writings on those subjects as well. Textbooks used in Sanskrit courses at universities move too fast to allow most students to fully absorb everything that is covered at the time. Study of a simplified text beforehand, such as Judith Tyberg's First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar and Reading, can be very helpful in offsetting this drawback. It is based on James R. Ballantyne's First Lessons in Sanskrit, first published in 1851, which indeed states itself to be "intended to precede