Sunday, June 28, 2015
Ten hints to have command over Sanskrit
Ten hints to have command over Sanskrit.
1. Use only Sanskrit and nothing but Sanskrit at least while conversing with Sanskritists. Don't overuse the same few nouns and verbs. Try to add more verbs, more nouns on more subjects.
2. Write something in Sanskrit. While writing, as much as possible
try to use correct grammar. Always place Apte's dictionary in front of
you. Even though this dictionary does not give meanings in Sanskrit, it
is helpful in having clear picture in understanding the words of
Sanskrit. Amarakosha with any Sanskrit commentary you must have.
3. Make the habit or reading Ramayana everyday. It is different matter that Ramayana is in our blood and in our culture. The advantage you will have by reading Ramayana is, while reading it you will have the experience of talking with Sanskrit. Ramayana's language is very simple, at the same time very attractive. All the sentence patterns, idioms, important proverbs that are necessary for the practical transactions are interwoven in the diction of Ramayana. While reading it, you are swimming in the Sanskrit-ocean.
4. Read Sanskrit works extensively. In every subject and in every category, the important works you have to read. Don't confine your reading to narrowness by thinking ‘my subject is this, my subject is that'. This kind of thinking is nothing but stupidity. Only after reading any thing will be ‘your' subject and not before that. By reading widely, you will be able to understand how the Sanskrit is used differently by different authors. Don't restrict your reading to old writings. Read even modern works of fiction and nonfiction. You have to read even research works written in Sanskrit.
5. Don't neglect the introductions if they are written in Sanskrit. Read Sanskrit commentaries and notes. Don't forget to use indices for quick references.
6. Write in Sanskrit. Write any thing you want. Short stories, poems, articles, dramas and even novels.
7.If you are interested in writing classical style, try to imitate any well known poems by altering the words of synonyms. Be careful in metre. As much as possible memorize the definitions of important metres in Vrttaratnakara. Check your verses meticulously to know whether the definition is strictly applicable. Remember that this is for your practice. Don't publish your first effort.
8. Try to write commentary on Subhaashitas. Here, commentary means word to word meaning, that's all. Split the words of original according to the Sandhi rules. After it is done, add a dash or = mark to every word and write correct synonym . Take help of any classical dictionary like Amarakosha. Try to summarize the verses in simple prose.
9.Some poets with wonderful and strange enthusiasm do create verses rapidly in their mouth without help of paper and pen. This process is called ‘Aashu-kavitva'. Try it. In the initial stage, it seems difficult. But, be persistent and you will become successful !
10. And lastly, try to present your paper in Sanskrit in the seminars.
N.B.Don't start to quarrel with the guys who will tell you that Sanskrit is dead. You have to prove Sanskrit's lively status by showing them something written afresh in Sanskrit.
1. Use only Sanskrit and nothing but Sanskrit at least while conversing with Sanskritists. Don't overuse the same few nouns and verbs. Try to add more verbs, more nouns on more subjects.
3. Make the habit or reading Ramayana everyday. It is different matter that Ramayana is in our blood and in our culture. The advantage you will have by reading Ramayana is, while reading it you will have the experience of talking with Sanskrit. Ramayana's language is very simple, at the same time very attractive. All the sentence patterns, idioms, important proverbs that are necessary for the practical transactions are interwoven in the diction of Ramayana. While reading it, you are swimming in the Sanskrit-ocean.
4. Read Sanskrit works extensively. In every subject and in every category, the important works you have to read. Don't confine your reading to narrowness by thinking ‘my subject is this, my subject is that'. This kind of thinking is nothing but stupidity. Only after reading any thing will be ‘your' subject and not before that. By reading widely, you will be able to understand how the Sanskrit is used differently by different authors. Don't restrict your reading to old writings. Read even modern works of fiction and nonfiction. You have to read even research works written in Sanskrit.
5. Don't neglect the introductions if they are written in Sanskrit. Read Sanskrit commentaries and notes. Don't forget to use indices for quick references.
6. Write in Sanskrit. Write any thing you want. Short stories, poems, articles, dramas and even novels.
7.If you are interested in writing classical style, try to imitate any well known poems by altering the words of synonyms. Be careful in metre. As much as possible memorize the definitions of important metres in Vrttaratnakara. Check your verses meticulously to know whether the definition is strictly applicable. Remember that this is for your practice. Don't publish your first effort.
8. Try to write commentary on Subhaashitas. Here, commentary means word to word meaning, that's all. Split the words of original according to the Sandhi rules. After it is done, add a dash or = mark to every word and write correct synonym . Take help of any classical dictionary like Amarakosha. Try to summarize the verses in simple prose.
9.Some poets with wonderful and strange enthusiasm do create verses rapidly in their mouth without help of paper and pen. This process is called ‘Aashu-kavitva'. Try it. In the initial stage, it seems difficult. But, be persistent and you will become successful !
10. And lastly, try to present your paper in Sanskrit in the seminars.
N.B.Don't start to quarrel with the guys who will tell you that Sanskrit is dead. You have to prove Sanskrit's lively status by showing them something written afresh in Sanskrit.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Days
Each
Day of the week is connected with a cosmic entity. Did you know that
Monday is the Moon’s day in most of the languages around the world?
Somavãra = Monday = Lundi = Moon
Lunar or Moon makes Monday the day of the Moon.
Names of the 7 Days and the Sanskrit connection:
Somavãra = Monday = Lundi = Moon
Lunar or Moon makes Monday the day of the Moon.
Names of the 7 Days and the Sanskrit connection:
- Ravivãra: Sunday (day of Sun; Ravi means 'Sun' in Sanskrit)
- Somavãra: Monday (day of Moon; Som means 'Moon' in Sanskrit)
- Mañgalvãra: Tuesday (day of Mars; Mangal denotes Mars in Sanskrit)
- Budhavãra: Wednesday (day of Mercury; Budh is the planet Mercury)
- Guruvãra: Thursday (day of Jupiter; Guru is the planet Jupiter)
- Shukravãra: Friday (day of Venus; Shukra is the planet Venus)
- Shanivãra: Saturday (day of Saturn; Shani is the planet Saturn)
Months
Do you know what December means; Das means ten and Ambar means sky, so December means the tenth sky.
Nav means nine in Sanskrit. November means the ninth sky.
October means the eighth month.
Sapt means seven, amber means sky, so Saptamber became September.
August is Shasht, which means sixth; so August is the sixth month.
January is the 11th month, February is the 12th month and March which means going ahead – that is when the new year begins. That is when the Sun arrives in the first point of Aries, at the end of March.
Even today, in Afghanistan, Iran and all these countries, they celebrate March 21st as the new year day because this was the ancient vedic concept. March means new. Feb means fag end. Don’t we say, ‘Fag end’, that is February.
Why is 'March' the beginning of new year? Is there some scientific significance/explanation? In fact, in India, we celebrate the new year couple of times in a year: during March and also during the Diwali celebrations. Why twice and what is the reason?
Europe
Lithuanian is very archaic and has preserved linguistically a great deal from Sanskrit, the original Mother Language of Europe. Below are a few examples of the linguistic similarities:
- Asva(Lithuanian)=Ashva(San
skrit) meaning 'horse' - Dievas (Lithuanian)=Devas (Sanskrit) meaning 'gods', 'the shining ones';
- Dumas (Lithuanian)=Dhumas(Sanskr
it) meaning 'smoke' - Sunus (Lithuanian)=Sunus(Sanskri
t) meaning 'son' - Vyras(Lithuanian)=Viras(Sa
nskrit) meaning 'man' - Padas(Lithuanian)=Padas(Sa
nskrit) meaning 'sole of the foot' - Ugnis(Lithuanian)=Agnis(Sa
nskrit) meaning 'fire' - Vilkas(Lithuanian)=Vrkas(S
anskrit) meaning 'wolf' - Ratas(Lithuanian)=Rathas(S
anskrit) meaning 'carriage' - Senis(Lithuanian)=Sanas(Sa
nskrit) meaning 'old' - Dantis(Lithuanian)=Dantas(
Sanskrit) meaning 'teeth' - Naktis(Lithuanian)=Naktis(
Sanskrit) meaning 'night'
In the Anglo-Saxon tradition also, it is said that two German brothers Hengist ("Stallion") and Horsa ("Horse") led the armies that conquered Britain. Many believe this is a continuation of the original tradition of the Vedic horse twins. Similar to Lithuania, you will find the same tradition of horse-headed gables on roofs throughout Germany in honor of Hengist and Horsa.
So the next time you travel through Europe and see these horse gabled roofs, smile and realize their connection to Europe's ancient Vedic past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lithuanian+language
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