Knowledge of declensions of nouns and verbs is a must for those who wish to master Sanskrit. This book, authored by K.L.V. Sastri & Pandit L. Anantharam Sastri, is a collection of sabda rupas (declensions of nouns) and has been a prescribed text book in many parts of India for decades.
What is Declension in Sanskrit (from Wikipedia)
Declension has been analyzed extensively in Sanskrit, where it is known as karaka (similar to cases in English) . Seven varieties are defined by Panini in terms of their semantic roles:
1. agent (karta, often in subject position, performing independently)
2. patient (karman, often in objective position)
3. means (karana, instrumental)
4. recipient (sampradaana, similar to dative)
5. source (apaadaana, similar, but not the same, as ablative)
6. possessor (sambandha, genitive)
7. locus (adhikarana, locative or goal)
In addition, another declension exists, known as the sambodhana (vocative). It is used to indicate the object being addressed. For example: he Rama (O Rama).
For example, consider the following sentence:
vriksaat parnam bhumau patati
[from] the tree a leaf [on] the ground falls
“a leaf falls from the tree on (onto) the ground”
Here leaf is the agent, tree is the source, and ground is the locus, the corresponding declensions are reflected in the case endings.
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Thanks. This book शब्दमञ्जरी is awesome for one learning रुपावलि. Hey, bharateeya is also possible to get धातुरुपमञ्जरी.
I found it here http://www.vedamu.org/sankrit/Vyakaranam/DhaturupaManjari.asp but it quite boring to use as it doesnot have an pdf.
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Hi,
This book has been deleted from mediafire. Can you please post a different link.
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Rajat
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Rajat,
I have rectified the DJVU file link. You may download it in that format. As you might know, DJVU is a format similar to PDF and can be handled using DJVU Viewer. I cannot make available PDF due to copyright reasons. I could mail it to you if your are interested. BTW, this book is available as Devanagari Unicode text at Sanskrit Wikisource
Hello !
Does anybody know a source for a good chanting of the Shabda-Manjari ?
Thank You !
Chris
Christoph,
I found just now a site with audio files of “Sabda Manjari” – http://rpollack.net/2009/04/sabda-manjari/
Namaste. I don’t have a personal computer so I store all my files on USBs. So i cannot download djvu viewer( i think) ..
Is there a way for me to get ‘sabda manjari’ in pdf, please?
Thanks in aniticipation
regards
sujatha