Best choiceJune 1, 1999 64 out of 64 found this review helpful
I think I have looked at most of the available Sanskrit introductory books - Coulson, Goldberg, Apte, Rapid sanskrit method, etc, first as a student and now as a teacher. Egenes is the best that I have seen. It is clear, simple, well thought out. It uses English grammatical terms. The exercises are good, and the answers are at the back if you need them. The devanagari is big and clear.
My only reservations are that in the earlier edition, Egenes uses the nom. masc. singular ending -s, then has to explain it away a few chapters later.
If you are learning or teaching Sanskrit, this is definietly the best choice.
