A grammar of the Teloogoo language, commonly termed the Gentoo, peculiar to the Hindoos inhabiting the northeastern provinces of the Indian peninsula

290 Pages·1849·12.507 MB·English

by  A D Campbell

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A
GRAMMAR
OF THE
TELOOGOOLANGUAGE,
COMMONLY TEEMED THE GENTOO,
PECULIARTOTHEHINDOOSINHABITINGTHENORTHEASTERN PROVINCES
OF THE
INDIAN PENINSULA.
BY ^CAMPBELL,
A.
OF THE
HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CIVIL SERVICE
ON THE
MADRAS ESTABLISHMENT,
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENCE
FOR THE
COLLEGE FORT GEORGE.
OF ST.
THIRD EDITION.
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MADEAS:
PRINTED AT THE HINDU PRESS.
1849.
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ADVER
TTSEMENT.
Since the establishment of the of Fort William
College by
Marquis Wellesley, the labors of many distinguished indivi-
duals have added much valuable information to the knowledge
before possessed of oriental literature, and afforded many faci-
lities to the attainment of an improved acquaintance with the
several dialects peculiar to the provinces immediately subject
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to the Supreme Government. similar Institution (on a
modified and less extensive scale) has more recently been esta-
blished at Fort St. George, and may be expected, in course of
time, to produce the same favorable results as regards the*lan-
guages ofthe South ofIndia respecting which very little has
;
as yet appeared before the public through the medium of the
press, though the languages themselves had, even before the
establishment ofthe College, been cultivated with considerable
success by many individuals.
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For the establishment ofthe College of Fort St. George, and
for the encouragement afforded in many other respects to the
advancement ofthe literature of Southern India, the Public
are in a great degree indebted to "Sir George Barlow; and the
following is one of several works which" owe their rise to this
source.
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The Author, having been nominated to a seat at the Board
of Superintendence for the College, had frequent opportunities
ofobserving the disadvantage under which the Teloogoo Stu-
dents laboured, from the want of a work on the elements ofthat
language. An attempt to remove this impediment was a duty
which the author's situation in some degree imposed and
;
-actuated by this motive, as well as by a desire to rescue the
Teloogoo from'the undeserved neglect in which its great diffi-
culty had involved it, and to extend among his countrymen the^
knowledge of a language spoken by a large portion ofthe native
subjects of the British Government in the South of India, he
proceeded to arrange the notes, on the native grammars ofthe
language, which he had taken to assist his own studies, in the
form which they have assumed in the following pages.
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The manuscript, tbus prepared, was submitted to the Go-
vernment of Fort St. George, whose approbation it having
been so fortunate as to obtain, the copy right was piirchased
on the public account, and the Right Honorable the Governor
in Council was pleased to direct that the work should be print-
ed at the College Press, whence it now issues to the Public.
Every first attempt to illustrate the principles of a foreign
language is attended by peculiar difficulties; but to do justice
to a language so highly cultivated as the Teloogoo required
advantages to which the author makes no pretension : never-
theless he hopes that in essential respects, the work will not be
found deficient- He does not expect that it will remove ail
the difficulties which have hitherto opposed the acquisition
ofthe Teloogoo : if, by enabling the European Student to
overcome the chief obstacles in his way, it lightens his labour,
and facilitates his access to that eminence which all should
endeavour to attain who seek distinction in the public service,
the author's utmost wishes will be accomplished : at some
future period, perhaps, the track which he has opened may
be followed by others possessing more ability and leisure than
himself, who, correcting those errors into which he-has fallen,
may give to the world improved works, on one of the most
useful and polished languages of India.