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The book aims to analyse Sanskrit words and shows its relation with other languages. It analyses different groups of words to elucidate the point. The groups mentioned are the words for family, domestic animals, wild animals, birds, house and home, home occupations, trees and plants, agriculture, seasons, weapons, metals, government, body, mind and religion and myth. Other chapters offer notices on words in their infancy, home of the aryas, biography of words etc. There are 5 appendices in the form of written letters on the Aryan fauna and flora by G. Birdwood, a letter on the original home of Jade, a letter on the original home of Soma, a letter on philology versus ethnology and finally the third metal, copper or Iron. This book is a reprint of the 1888 edition.