A Review of Ruppel's The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit and Egenes' Introduction to Sanskrit

[@4kassis]

Antonia Ruppel also offers classes periodically through the platform "yogic studies", where she - obviously - uses her own textbook. I took one and it was fabulous. 2 weekly live zoom classes plus tons of additional materials that can be downloaded.

[@canterburycreekbooks5150]

Glad to hear that! I'm hoping to take the class in the near future.

[@johnk8174]

@@canterburycreekbooks5150 I agree that her course is amazing. Working through both books, I like Egenes for doing and re-doing the exercises. Egenes covers a LOT of ground, but not in nearly as much depth as Antonia Ruppel. I find them to complement each other quite well.

[@Aditya-te7oo]

Liked the review. I also think both are good books but Egenes' book is good for beginners whereas Ruppel's book is good for advanced learners.

[@canterburycreekbooks5150]

I'm glad you liked the review. And I completely agree; I tend to go back to Egenes' book for thee simple grammatical explanations, but I love the readings and sandhi charts in Ruppel's. Both are great in their own ways!

[@jrcenina85]

Thanks for the info! Have you kept up with this goal? If so, how goes it? I have a degree in classics but only just started studying Sanskrit recently. Have you gained any special powers? 🖖😂

[@canterburycreekbooks5150]

Yes, I have been! It's been going really well. I studied some Latin and Greek in college, but Sanskrit has been far more enjoyable for me. As for special powers, I can almost touch my toes, but I think I'll need to finish the book before I can do it!