BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 — Language Study

Grammars, primers, readers and dictionaries for the classical languages of Buddhist textual study — 16 titles so far, in English and Hindi.

This is a separate, second bibliography focused specifically on learning the languages Buddhist texts were written in, rather than books about Buddhism itself — see the main bibliography for that. Same access approach as the main list: each title links to a WorldCat and Internet Archive search rather than any download — an Archive.org result of "0 results" just means that title isn't in their collection, not a broken link.

On Hindi coverage: Hindi-language pedagogical materials for Pali are well documented (Bhikkhu Jagdish Kashyap's foundational work, in particular). Hindi-language grammars specifically for Tibetan, Chinese and Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit are far less catalogued internationally — if you know of specific titles, they're very welcome additions.

Pali (7)

A New Course in Reading Pāli [English] James W. Gair & W.S. Karunatillake · Motilal Banarsidass, 1998 Find a library · Check Archive.org
A Pāli Grammar [English] Wilhelm Geiger, trans. Batakrishna Ghosh, rev. K.R. Norman · Pali Text Society, 1994 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Introduction to Pali [English] A.K. Warder · Pali Text Society, 1963 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Pali Made Easy [English] Narada Thera · Buddhist Missionary Society, 1965 Find a library · Check Archive.org
The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary [English] T.W. Rhys Davids & William Stede · Pali Text Society, 1972 Find a library · Check Archive.org
पालि व्याकरण (Pāli Vyākaraṇ) [Hindi] भिक्षु जगदीश काश्यप (Bhikkhu Jagdish Kashyap) · Mahabodhi Sabha / Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad, 1951 Find a library · Check Archive.org
पालि साहित्य का इतिहास (History of Pali Literature) [Hindi] भरत सिंह उपाध्याय (Bharat Singh Upadhyay) · Hindi Samiti, Lucknow, 1964 Find a library · Check Archive.org

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit (2)

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary [English] Franklin Edgerton · Yale University Press / Motilal Banarsidass, 1953 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Buddhist Sanskrit Texts (series) [English] ed. P.L. Vaidya · Mithila Institute, Darbhanga, 1958 Find a library · Check Archive.org

Tibetan (4)

Classical Tibetan Language [English] Stephan V. Beyer · SUNY Press, 1992 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Manual of Standard Tibetan [English] Nicolas Tournadre & Sangda Dorje · Snow Lion Publications, 2003 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Modern Spoken Tibetan: Lhasa Dialect [English] Melvyn C. Goldstein · University of Washington Press, 1991 Find a library · Check Archive.org
The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan [English] Melvyn C. Goldstein · University of California Press, 2001 Find a library · Check Archive.org

Chinese (2)

Chinese Buddhist Texts: An Introductory Reader [English] Graham Lock & Gary S. Linebarger · Routledge, 2016 Find a library · Check Archive.org
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar [English] Edwin G. Pulleyblank · UBC Press, 1995 Find a library · Check Archive.org

Other (1)

Introduction to Kambun [English] Sydney Crawcour · University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 1965 Find a library · Check Archive.org

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