Systematische Gliederung

Die Gliederung von Macdonells A Vedic Grammar for Students umfasst sieben Hauptkapitel, drei linguistische Anhänge sowie zwei zweispaltige Register.

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📑 Gesamtübersicht

Teil / Kapitel	Thema	Buchseiten	PDF-Seiten
Front Matter	Title, Preface, Contents, Abbreviations, Additions	i–xii	1–12
Chapter I	Phonetic Introduction (Sounds, Vowels, Gradation, Consonants)	1–19	13–31
Chapter II	Euphonic Combination (External & Internal Sandhi)	20–46	32–58
Chapter III	Declension (Nouns, Stems, Degrees, Numerals, Pronouns)	47–117	59–129
Chapter IV	Conjugation (Present, Perfect, Aorist, Passive, Participles)	118–207	130–219
Chapter V	Indeclinable Words (Prepositions, Adverbs, Particles)	208–253	220–265
Chapter VI	Nominal Stem Formation & Compounds	254–282	266–294
Chapter VII	Syntax (Word Order, Concord, Cases, Tenses, Moods)	283–368	295–380
Appendix I	List of Verbs (Wurzelverzeichnis mit Belegen)	369–435	381–447
Appendix II	Vedic Metre (Metrik der vedischen Hymnen)	436–447	448–459
Appendix III	The Vedic Accent (Systematik der Akzentuation)	448–470	460–482
Vedic Index	Zweispaltiges Register vedischer Wortformen	471–498	483–510
General Index	Zweispaltiger Sach- und Sachbegriffsindex	499–508	511–520

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🔍 Detaillierte Kapitelgliederung

Front Matter (S. i–xii)

• Title Page (S. i)
• Imprint (S. ii)
• Preface (S. iii–viii)
• Contents (S. ix–x)
• List of Abbreviations (S. xi)
• Additions and Corrections (S. xii)

Chapter I: Phonetic Introduction (§§ 1–66, S. 1–19)

• Sounds of the Vedic Language (§§ 1–6)
• The Vowels (§§ 7–16)
• Vowel Gradation (§ 17)
• The Consonants (§§ 18–65)
• Ancient Pronunciation (§ 66)

Chapter II: Euphonic Combination (Sandhi) (§§ 67–75, S. 20–46)

• External Sandhi
• Combination of Vowels (§§ 67–70)
• Combination of Consonants (§§ 71–74)
• Sandhi in Compounds (§ 75)
• Internal Sandhi
• Combination of Vowels
• Combination of Consonants

Chapter III: Declension (§§ 76–125, S. 47–117)

• Nouns: Consonant Stems (Unchangeable Stems)
• Changeable Stems: Two Stems
• Changeable Stems: Three Stems
• Vowel Stems
• Degrees of Comparison
• Numerals (Cardinals, Ordinals, Numeral Derivatives)
• Pronouns
• Personal Pronouns
• Demonstrative Pronouns
• Interrogative & Relative Pronouns
• Possessive & Compound Pronouns
• Pronominal Adjectives

Chapter IV: Conjugation (§§ 126–177, S. 118–207)

• Introductory & Classification
• The Present System (First and Second Conjugation)
• The Perfect System
• The Pluperfect
• The Aorist System (Simple, Reduplicated, Sigmatic)
• The Benedictive (Precative)
• The Future System (Simple & Periphrastic)
• The Conditional
• The Passive
• Participles, Gerunds & Infinitives
• Derivative Verbs (Causatives, Desideratives, Intensives, Denominatives)

Chapter V: Indeclinable Words (§§ 178–181, S. 208–253)

• Prepositions
• Adverbial Case-forms
• Adverbs formed with Suffixes
• Conjunctive & Adverbial Particles
• Interjections

Chapter VI: Nominal Stem Formation & Compounds (§§ 182–189, S. 254–282)

• Primary Suffixes
• Secondary Suffixes
• Nominal Compounds (Dvandva, Tatpuruṣa, Karmadhāraya, Bahuvrīhi, Upapada)

Chapter VII: Syntax (§§ 190–218, S. 283–368)

• Introductory & Order of Words
• Concord
• Pronouns
• Case-Usage (Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental, Dative, Ablative, Genitive, Locative)
• Participles, Gerund & Infinitive
• Tenses & Moods (Present, Imperfect, Perfect, Aorist, Subjunctive, Optative, Imperative)

Anhänge & Indizes (S. 369–508)

• Appendix I: List of Verbs (S. 369–435): Umfassendes Verzeichnis aller vedischen Verben mit ihren Stammformen und Belegstellen.
• Appendix II: Vedic Metre (S. 436–447): Metrik der vedischen Dichtung (Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Anuṣṭubh, Jagatī etc.).
• Appendix III: The Vedic Accent (S. 448–470): Ausführliche Darstellung der Akzentsetzung und Intonation im Ṛgveda und den übrigen Saṃhitās.
• Vedic Index (S. 471–498): Alphabetisches Wörterbuch der belegten Formen.
• General Index (S. 499–508): Sachregister zu Grammatik, Begriffen und Regeln.