Dhatupatha of Panini

The dhatupatha of panini gives 1943 dhatus. these are the building blocks of sanskrit, known as the roots of the language. this book gives all the 1943 roots with accents. alternate listing of some dhatus makes the total count as 2056. however the dhatu serial number is preserved so that looking up a dhatu in another book becomes easy.the anudata, udata and svarita accent on a dhatu is usually not available in printed dhatupathas, so this book is a welcome addition for the sanskrit enthusiast. in some cases the relevant ashtadhyayi sutra is mentioned when a dhatu is difficult to conjugate.each root is given the classifications of parasmaipada / atmanepada / ubhayepada p/a/u set / anit / vet transitive / intransitive the iii/1 verb rupa(s) for present tense active voice is listed for each rootin addition, there are the following sections to make the book useful a short dhatu identity to quickly look up the relevant details of any root a possible english meaning for each root dhatupatha as used for chanting/memorizationthere are two indexes that do a complete job of locating any root alphabetical index on original dhatus as in dhatupatha of panini with tag letters standard alphabetical index on dhatus ready to be conjugated to verbs stripped of tag letterswell written appendices containing the maheshwar sutras, the devanagari alphabet, and about panini; make this book a sought for edition by the academician or the scholar.immensely useful for graduate and post graduate students of vyakarana or vedanta.reviewdhatupatha of panini elucidated "this book is of its unique kind as it's the only one that teaches the exact root of sanskrit and exact and perfect spelling which no book gives such beautifully."dhatupatha handbook "a wonderful addition to my extensive sanskrit library. in addition to the listing of dhatava: the introductory sections give all sorts of good information that i have not seen before, for example, the significance of the verb classes. i'm delighted i bought this."dhatupatha sutras enumerated "well done! an excellent reference to sanskrit verbal roots of panini! congratulations!"bhagavad gita: yoga of self control "this is a great book, easy written for the common man. i could grasp the knowledge as it was fun and for this century we live in now. the commentary is from a long time devotee of sri sri ravi shankar."rudra puja: simple complete profound "such an amazing book. thank you so much for doing this in a book format."ashwini is with the sri sri ravi shankar ashram based in the punjab. he loves to practice yoga, perform homa, study sanskrit and be at home.