Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Although the weapons of the monkeys were rudimentary, they more than compensated for that deficiency by their lion-hearted spirit in the service of Rama.

Mahabharata:  When Bhisma understood that the teenage Pandavas had received only a rudimentary education in weaponry from their father, he started looking for a competent teacher to train them further.

Bhagavad-gita:  Even rudimentary introspection can help us perceive that our sense of “I-ness” extends beyond the body – we cannot locate ourselves in any specific bodily part.