{"product_id":"key-to-karaka-2017","title":"Key to Karaka (2017)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eA Key to Karaka is a scholarly introduction to the Sanskrit grammatical concept of kāraka, one of the central ideas in Aṣṭādhyāyī. The book was published by the Chinmaya International Foundation in 2017 and is intended for students of Sanskrit, linguistics, and computational language studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe authors explain the theory of kārakas—the semantic roles that connect actions and participants in a sentence, such as agent, object, instrument, recipient, source, and location. In the Pāṇinian grammatical tradition, kāraka theory forms the foundation for understanding Sanskrit syntax and meaning. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe book includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOriginal Sanskrit sūtras from the Aṣṭādhyāyī \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTransliteration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eEnglish translations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eExplanatory notes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDiagrams and visual representations of grammatical relationships \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eExamples illustrating how kāraka relations determine case endings (vibhaktis) in Sanskrit sentences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWhy is it significant?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOne of the book's distinctive features is its effort to make traditional Sanskrit grammar accessible to modern learners, especially those interested in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). It presents Pāṇini's grammatical system in a structured way that can be useful for both traditional Sanskrit study and computer-based language analysis. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eShivani V is a Sanskrit grammarian associated with Sanskrit studies and research. She has authored several works on grammar and language analysis and is listed as a professor and head of department in Sanskrit studies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eSantosh More has collaborated on research and publications in Sanskrit grammar; available bibliographic records primarily identify him through this work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eIntended Audience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21.3pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe book is most useful for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eStudents of Sanskrit grammar (Vyākaraṇa) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eResearchers of Pāṇinian linguistics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTeachers of Sanskrit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eScholars of computational linguistics and NLP interested in Sanskrit language processing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shivani V, Santosh More","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47774021681290,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8583\/1818\/files\/1_4c722b6c-e6e2-4f06-aca1-e2fd7ac3222e.jpg?v=1777977453","url":"https:\/\/www.motilalbanarsidass.com\/en-us\/products\/key-to-karaka-2017","provider":"Motilal Banarsidass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}