Lesson 6

Simple Sanskrit – Lesson 6

सरलं संस्कृतम् – षष्ठः पाठः |

Declensions of अ-कारान्त masculine and neuter nouns were detailed in Lesson 5.
Declensions of nouns follow patterns, which are different depending upon its ending sound and also its gender.

By its ending sound, there will be two broad categories –

• Those having vowel-ending
• Those having consonant-ending. Among the pronouns, which were already detailed, अस्मद्, युष्मद्, भवत्, तत्, एतत्, इदम्, अदस्, किम् all of these have consonant-ending.

Among vowel-ending words, we already have a good collection of अ-कारान्त masculine and neuter nouns. In the Table 6-1 below words with ending of all vowels are compiled. Words listed in rows from आ-कारान्त and down, have been taken from the web-pages by Mr. G. S. S. Murthy, compiled at http://murthygss.tripod.com/Sabda_1.htm Mr. G. S. S. Murthy has not only listed all these words but has done a wonderful job of also detailing declensions of all of them.

Table 6-1

प्रातिपदिक-s having vowel-ending