A Practical Grammar of the Paali Language

Contents

(The numbers within bracket refer to the paragraphs)

Preface

Chapter I The Alphabet

Vowels short and long (2-5)
The letters classified (6)
Pronunciation (10-11)
Conjunct consonants (12-13)

Chapter II Sandhi Euphony

Introductory (14-16)
Vowel Sandhi (17-27)
Consonantal insertions (28)
Consonantal Sandhi (29-36)
Niggahiita Sandhi (37-46)
Interchange of letters (47)
Signs (48-50)

Chapter III Assimilation

Introductory (51-52)
Kinds of assimilation (53)
General rules (54-66)
Assimilation of nasals (67-69)
Assimilation of y (70-79)
Assimilation of r (80-84)
Assimilation of s (85-95)
Assimilation of h (96-102)

Chapter IV Strengthening

Chapter V Declension of Nominal Bases

Stem or base (116, b)
Gender (116, c, d)
The cases (116, f)
Divisions of declension (117)
General case endings (118)
Vowel declension, stems in a (119-121)
Masculines in a, deva (122)
Neuters in a, ruupa (123-124)
Declension of nouns in aa (125)
Feminines in aa, ka~n~naa (126-127)
Masculines in aa, saa  (128)
Declension of nouns in i (129)
Masculines in i, kapi (130-131)
Feminines in i, ratti (132-133)
Neuters in i, vaari (134)
Declension of nouns in ii (135)
Masculines in ii, da.n.dii (136-137)
Feminines in ii, nadii (138-139)
Declension of nouns in u (140)
Masculines in u, bhikkhu (141)
Feminines in u, dhenu (142-143)
Neuters in u, cakkhu (144-145)
Declension of nouns in uu (146)
Masculines in uu, sayambhuu (147)
Feminines in uu, vadhuu (148)
Diphthongal stems (149)
Special nouns, go, sakhaa (150-151)
Consonantal declension (152)
    attaa (154)
    brahmaa (155)
    raajaa (156)
    pumaa (157)
Stems in s, mano (159-160)
    aayu (161)
Stems in r, satthaa (163)
    mataa, pitaa (164)
Stems in at, vat, mat, bhava.m (166)
    araha.m (167)

Chapter VI Formation of Feminine Bases

Feminine suffixes (181)
Feminine bases of substantives (182-192)
Feminine bases of adjectives (193-195)

Chapter VII Adjectives

Adjectives in a (197-201)
Adjectives in ii (202-204)
Adjectives in i (205-210)
Adjectives in u (211-214)
Adjectives in uu (215-218)
Adjectives with consonantal bases (220-224)
    mahaa (226)
    dhiimaa (228)
    gu.navaa (230)
Adjectives in vi (231-235)
Negative adjectives (236-237)
Comparison (238-247)
Irregular adjectives (247)

Chapter VIII Numerals

Table of cardinals and ordinals (251)
Cardinals (252-272)
Ordinals (273-278)
Adverbial derivatives from numerals (279-287)

Chapter IX Pronouns, Pronominal Adjectives and Pronominal Derivatives

Personal (288-296)
Demonstratives (297-311)
Relatives (312-314)
Interrogative (315-318)
Indefinite (319-327)
Other pronouns (328-335)
Pronominal derivatives (336-352)
Adjectives declined pronominally (353)

Chapter X Verbs

Introductory (354-369)
Primitive verbs (369)
First conjugation (370-371)
Rules of reduplication (372)
Second conjugation (373)
Third conjugation (374-375)
Fourth conjugation (376)
Fifth conjugation (377)
Sixth conjugation (378)
Seventh conjugation (379)
Conjugation of the Present system (381-403)
Irregular verbs (404)
Aorist (405-426)
System of the Perfect (427-430)
Future system (431-438)
Participles: Present (439-448)
Future (449)
Passive Perfect Participle (450-464)
Perfect Participle Active (465)
Future Passive Participle (466-469)
Gerund (470-472)
Infinitive (473-477)
Passive voice (481-490)
Causative verbs (491-497)
Denominative verbs (498-502)
Desiderative verbs (503-507)
Intensive verbs (508-509)
Defective anomalous verbs (510-513)
Verbal prefixes (514-522)
Paradigm of a verb fully conjugated: pacati (523)
    coreti (524-527)
Table of the changes occurring in the root (528)

Chapter XI Indeclinables

Derivative adverbs (531)
Case-form adverbs (532)
Pure adverbs (532)
Prepositions (533-537)
Conjunctions (538)

Chapter XII Compounds

Introductory (539-541)
Dvanda (542-544)
Tappurisa (545)
Kammadhaaraya (546)
Nouns in apposition (547)
Digu (548)
Adverbial compounds (549)
Relative compounds (550-551)
Upapada compounds (552)
Anomalous compounds (553)
Complex compounds (554)
Changes in certain words in compounds (555)
Verbal compounds (556-557)

Chapter XIII Derivation

Introductory (558-574)
Primary derivatives, kita (575-578)
Secondary derivation, taddhita (579-581)
Kvi suffixes (582-584)

Chapter XIV Syntax

Kaaraka (587)
Order of sentences (588)
Article (589)
Concord (590-592)
Nominative (594)
Genitive (595)
Dative (597)
Accusative (598)
Instrumentive (599)
Ablative (600)
Locative (601)
Vocative (602)
Genitive and Locative Absolute (603)
    of adjectives (604)
    of pronouns (605-609)
Repetition (610)
    of verbs (611-618)
    of participles (619-622)
    of indeclinables (623)
Direct and indirect narration (624)
Interrogation and negation (625)

Chapter XV Prosody

Introductory (626-627)
Feet (628-629)
Short and long syllables (630)
Varieties of metres (631)
Sama class (632)
Addhasama class (634)
Visama class (635)
Vatta (636)
Kinds of vatta (638)
Jaati (639-641)
Vetaaliya (642)