Notes on "Pāḷi Pāṭha Sikkhā" by Ven. Vijitānanda

Class notes on Pāḷi Pāṭha Sikkhā by Ven. Vijitānanda, taught at IIT. Each “Part” below is a link to the notes for those lessons.

  • Chapter 1
    • Part 1 (Lessons 1–5): Alphabet, Agent & Action, Noun stems and case-endings, Object, Instrument
    • Part 2 (Lessons 6–10): Gender and Addressing, Dative & Ablative, Genitive and Location, Purisa, Verbs
  • Chapter 2
    • Part 1 (Lessons 1–7): Cittādigaṇa, Past Tense Verbs, Adjectives, Kaññādigaṇa, Gerund, Imperative mood, Guṇavādigaṇa
    • Part 2 (Lessons 8–13): Future tense, Missaka kiriyā and gacchantādigaṇa, Infinitive and pronouns, Optative mood, Rattādigaṇa, Nominal groups of nadī (nadādigaṇa) and gahapatānī (gahapatādi gaṇa)
  • Chapter 3
    • Part 1 (Lessons 1–5): declension of ‘ta’, sandhi; declension of ‘kiṁ’, sarasandhi; declension of ‘aggi’, dhātugaṇa; declension of ‘daṇḍī’, bhikkhu, sayambhū; declension of ‘atta’, bhavalakkhaṇa, pubbasaradīghasandhi
    • Part 2 (Lessons 6–10): declension of ‘eta’, causative, niggahītasandhi; saṅkhyānāma, tulyatthaliṅgatthavākya, yākārādi āgamasandhi, dvebhāvasandhi; declension of ‘satthu’, ‘pitu’, passive voice; manogaṇa, pumādigaṇa; conjugation of root √as
    • Part 3 (Lessons 11–17): declension of ‘akkhi’; declension of ‘mātā’; sabbanāmas (pronouns); 5 types of nāma, vyañjana sandhi; sarasandhi (ādesa, dīgha, āgama); declension of the pronoun ‘sabba’; kālātipatti (conditional mode)
    • Part 4 (Lessons 18–23): ‘yāva’ with the ablative; ‘kho pana’; atthavatthu compounds; samāsa
    • Readings & Translation
  • Chapter 4
    • Part 1 (Lessons 1–10): active and passive voice sentences; hīyattanī and parokkhā ākhyāta vibhatti; conjugation of the bhūvādigaṇa, rudhādigaṇa, divādigaṇa; kiyādigaṇa and gahādigaṇa; tanoti; curādigaṇa
    • Part 2 (Lessons 11–19): taddhitanāma and apaccataddhita; anekatthataddhita; assatthitaddhita, saṅkhyātaddhita; abyayataddhita and bhāvataddhita; svatthataddhita / sakatthataddhita; kitaka and sādhana; kitakapaccayas in various sādhana, itthijotikapaccaya; kāraka

Vocabulary for these notes is on the Pāḷi Vocabulary page.