"I wish I could procure the other four works of yours in
the domain respectively of pure literature, astronomy, and
history."
R. D. Ranade Esq., Asstt. to the Professor of Sanskrit, Deccan College, Poona, writes to the author :-" As I went through the book, I was greatly struck by the new mould, in which the sutras of Panini have been once again entirely recast.The new arrangement of the sutras is entirely your own, and itclearly shows what time and trouble it must have cost you.The number of the original sutras has been happily minimised,and the sutras themselves have been most lucidly explained.The elegant introduction which you have appended to the bookclearly shows that the Sanskrit Language, in the hands ofscholars like yourself, need no longer bear the stigma of a "dead"language. One feels indeed that it has the entire freshness oflife restored to it once again. Though I suppose that a littlebit of injustice has been done to the name of Patanjali inthe Introduction, I am entirely at one with you in holdingthat a new method like your own is necessary, in order thatSanskrit Grammar may be adapted to present-day require-ments. Your book, I am confident, will not only be useful as anintroduction to the higher works on Grammar like the Paribha-shendusekhara and the Mahabhashya itself, but will also bsufficient, and more than sufficient, for introducing a beginner inSanskrit, whether Indian or European, to Sanskrit literaturein general. Those who have taken the trouble of studyingSanskrit Grammar by means of the Kaumudi and the Tattva-bodhini, are sure to feel that a lot of their trouble would havebeen saved if they had your book by them at the commence-It is so simple, so lucid, and so ment of their studies.entirely sufficient."
