Students Guide To Sanskrit Composition (English & Hindi) – VS Apte

Posted on January 5, 2011 by bharateeya

Vaman Sivaram Apte (1858-1892) is an author well known to Sanskrit students. In spite of the short span of his life, i. e. 34 years, Apte’s scholarly output was remarkable. His Guide to Sanskrit Composition (1881) and his Sanskrit Dictionaries for use in schools and colleges hold the foremost place among books of their kind, even after the lapse of close upon 125 years and claim the respect of every student of Sanskrit, by their monumental wealth of learning.

His works: –

1. The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890).
2. The Students’ English-Sanskrit Dictionary (1884).
3. The Students’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
4. The Students’ Guide to Sanskrit Composition (1881).
5. The Students’ Hand-Book of Progressive Exercises, Part I and, II.
6. Kusuma-mala (1891).

The ‘Guide To Sanskrit Composition’ had become very popular and Apte himself revised the third edition of the book in 1890. Since then many more editions have been out. A short biographical sketch of VS Apte is available here.

DOWNLOAD LINKS

Students Guide To Sanskrit Composition (English)

Samskrit Nibandh Path Pradarsak (Hindi)

Comments

Students Guide To Sanskrit Composition (English & Hindi) – VS Apte — 39 Comments

ramu on January 5, 2011 at 11:59 pm said:

Thanks a million.

ramu

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anupam shukla on January 6, 2011 at 11:09 am said:

It is helpful for students

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Chandu on January 8, 2011 at 10:16 pm said:

Hi,
By any chance – do you have the answer keys to the exercises? They would be very helpful.

Thanks,
Chandu

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- bharateeya on January 9, 2011 at 3:32 am said:
  
  Chandu,
  
  I do not have it. I too am looking for it.
  
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  - Nachiketas A on January 3, 2023 at 11:34 am said:
    
    https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:426544141$5i
    The Key to Apte’s guide for Sanskrit composition can be found here…individual scanned pages in a viewer. Can be downloaded patiently!
    
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    - bharateeya on January 3, 2023 at 3:27 pm said:
      
      Thanks for sharing this link.
      
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Suren on January 11, 2011 at 7:12 am said:

Hi,

I am not able to download it from the Mediafire link. Can you give me a rapidshare or hotfile link to download this?

Rgrds
Suren

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- bharateeya on January 11, 2011 at 7:51 am said:
  
  Suren
  
  I have added an alternative link to the book.
  
  shankara
  
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- rahulalat on December 10, 2019 at 12:03 am said:
  
  yes
  
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Murali on January 21, 2011 at 1:49 am said:

I think there is a newer edition of Apte’s Sanskrit Composition. It is available at Digital Library of India.

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- bharateeya on January 21, 2011 at 3:04 am said:
  
  Murali,
  
  This too is from DLI only. I hope you are aware of copy right restrictions. Though a book is free from copyright restrictions, you cannot use its later editions (last 60 years) in the public domain. That is why I am sticking to older editions – before 1950.
  
  Anyway, thanks a lot for suggestions for improvement. Suggestions and criticisms from friends are invaluable and are always welcome.
  
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  - Gagan Gupta on October 14, 2022 at 10:52 am said:
    
    I am so happy that you are consciously adhering to copyrights. Now I can freely download books from your website. Thank you!
    
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S on June 2, 2011 at 4:11 pm said:

Minor nitpick: the date is wrong. VS Apte was born in 1858, not 1848. (Also 1892-34=1858.)

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- bharateeya on June 2, 2011 at 4:40 pm said:
  
  Srivatsaji,
  
  Thanks for pointing out the error in DOB of VS Apte. I will rectify the error.
  
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Parshuram Gokhale on June 6, 2012 at 3:53 am said:

from where i can download the hindi version of Apte’s Students’ Guide to Sanskrit Composition

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- bharateeya on June 6, 2012 at 4:09 am said:
  
  Gokhaleji,
  
  You may download it from the 3rd link below the post. Hindi version of Apte’s Students’ Guide to Sanskrit Composition is titled “Samskrit Nibandh Path Pradarsak”.
  
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Satheesh Kumar on October 25, 2012 at 5:48 am said:

Dear friends,
would any one guide me a good point of start to learn Sanskrit. Please assume that i have Zero knowledge means i want to start from very basic level

regards
Satheesh

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rajendra on October 28, 2012 at 3:06 pm said:

.pl help me 2 learn Sanskrit.thanks

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Mahendra Sapre on April 3, 2013 at 5:42 pm said:

Just as Sathish says, consider me zero. My mother tongue is Marathi but at the same time I know English well. In view of this please advise books to start self study of Sanskrut Language. Next target after learning the language is to read up Vedas and Puranas.

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aarti on September 2, 2013 at 8:49 am said:

thanks , the best work to make others understanding the doubts.

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SATYASWAMY on January 20, 2014 at 8:55 am said:

my honourable salute (namaskar) to respected author

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manoj kumar purohit on March 28, 2014 at 3:36 pm said:

bharateeya ji,
please link the sanskrit alankar with hindi translate in pdf

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- bharateeya on March 28, 2014 at 4:33 pm said:
  
  Purohitji,
  
  Kuvalayananda of Appayya Dikshita with Hindi commentary is avialable at Digital Library of India. Its link is given below. You can download it using DLI Downloader which is available at http://dli-downloader.blogspot.in/2013/04/fast-dli-downloader-tool-to-download.html
  
  kuvlayanand., 5990010118303. DR. BHOLA SHANKAR VYAS. 1956. hindi. HINDI LIT.. 412 pgs.
  
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Ashutosh on April 18, 2014 at 6:39 pm said:

Hi, the scanning of ‘Sanskrit nibandh path pradarshak’ is not good, I have taken out prints of the whole book but reading it is very difficult. Can u please direct me as to where can I find a new edition of that book(ebook of hardcopy)..
Regards
Ashutosh

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- bharateeya on April 19, 2014 at 5:27 am said:
  
  Ashutosh,
  
  I have not come across a better quality scan of this book, nor do I have any idea about the availability of it in print.
  
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Ashutosh on April 18, 2014 at 6:41 pm said:

Typo, its ebook oR hardcopy …

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anantraj on June 12, 2014 at 4:02 am said:

good for students as well as teacher

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- bharateeya on September 5, 2014 at 6:22 am said:
  
  Pawar Kailas,
  
  It is not clear what you mean by fragrance. If you mean any study on Puranic vratas, you can read online/download the thesis, “A Study of the Puranic Vratas – Anne M Pearson” from https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/
  
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E.S. Jagadeeshwar on February 26, 2015 at 3:56 pm said:

Thank you for your valuble links. I asked my friends to share these with other friends to promote Sanskrit.

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Bhanu Pratap on August 25, 2015 at 5:41 am said:

Bharateeya Ji, I can’t download the file from Download link 1 ans the Hindi Nibandh. If you have any other link, please forward.

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- bharateeya on August 25, 2015 at 9:21 am said:
  
  Bhanu Pratap, Links 1 is same as link 2. There is no need to download both. Anyway, I have removed the first link which was not working. I have added a new link for the Hindi version of Apte’s Guide to Sanskrit Composition.
  
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M.PERIASWAMI on November 13, 2017 at 3:48 pm said:

thanks

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SNEHA on May 16, 2018 at 8:51 am said:

THANKS A LOTS for your helps .

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Naga Rama Brahmayya on August 23, 2018 at 6:11 am said:

I want to learn Sanskrit through telugu. Any free e books

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- bharateeya on August 24, 2018 at 4:08 am said:
  
  You may post your query at Bharatiya Vidvat Parishat Google group – https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvparishat
  or Samskrita Google group – https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/samskrita
  Learned members of these groups will help you.
  
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K R Rajeswar.Rao on October 9, 2019 at 10:42 am said:

Where do I get the books of vs apte

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- bharateeya on October 13, 2019 at 6:23 am said:
  
  Some of his books can be found at https://archive.org/search.php?query=vaman%20apte
  If you are looking for any particular book and can’t find it at the above link, let me know.
  
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