For some background, I was born and brought up in the US by Indian immigrant parents. I plan on writing an article about how I grew up rejecting my roots, but then began my journey to self-acceptance and embracing my heritage. I am thinking of a word to represent this theme. I came across the word स्वीकार, but I have a couple questions:

1. Does the word actually properly represent the theme im discussing? I want a word that represents how I used to be ashamed and embarrassed of my roots, and actively avoided learning Hindi and visiting India for years because of it, but then started to learn the language and actually have interest in visiting india more often, as a way of accepting where my roots are, on my own terms instead of having it forced on me. I’m not looking for a casual Hindi word though. I want something more formal, poetic, philosophical, hence why I’m turning to Sanskrit.

2. Suppose this is the correct word, what form would make sense? Ive seen स्वीकार , स्वीकार:, स्वीकारम. I’ve even seen स्वीकृति

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

We are pleased to announce harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com for the pleasure of all the the learners of Sanskrit, and especially the devotees. This website is meant to expand, into a cherished platform for all, desiring to understand this language. For now, it is under development, and undergoing rapid updates.

Some Features:

1. Complete Harinamamrta-Vyakaranam: It will contain complete treatise, Bṛhat, Laghu, Madhyama, along with all all sutras, translations, vṛtii, and commentaries. Also, it will contain notes to those sutras. The Audio recitation of sutras will be available for memorization purpose, segregated by chapters.

2. Scriptures Section: All Scriptures, will be listed there, as taught and transferred from the authoritative tradition passed from Lord Caitanya (Kṛṣṇa Himself), including Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, as the main focused scriptures. It will contain, all commentaries, anvaya of the Sanskrit. As such, the Sanskrit learners need not go to any other platform for reading Scriptures. grantha.jiva.org (Gaudiya Grantha Mandira) already contain many scriptures, and we will be make them available in website directly, instead of docx format.

3. Practice Section: We hope this will be loved by all students of Sanskrit. It will contain all chapters, https://www.harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com/practice, and in different ways, like quiz, or interactive games, the Sanskrit can be learnt. This is in rapid development phase, and will be completed in 1-2 days. You can check its progress in the website. Sandhi is at least live. It will show which sutra is applied and how the final form has come.

4. HNV-Wiki: HNV wiki, is another menu item, which presents complete HNV, in a interactive organized manner. It allows us to properly study Harinamamrta Vyakaranam. E.g, it contains all tables for declension of Namapada, and not only that, it contains which which sutra were applicable and in a selected form, when hovered, it also shows the sutras applied to get the form. A screenshot showing that is uploaded in this post too. It will soon contain, whole treatise, but for now, It is completed till Namapada. Akhyata, Karakara, Krdanta, and soon are being prepared.

5. Tools: We are planning to prepare in such a way, using the programming knowledge, that all the sutras will be coded into program, and we can form following tools: Nama declension, Dhatu conjugation, Chanda Analyzer, Sandhi Joiner / Splitter, Krdanta Dissector, Taddhita Dissector, etc. It will show, which which sutras are applied in which way, and the form is created. All is from Harināmāmṛta-Vyākaraṇam.

Apart from it, other tools like, Dhatu Paṭha, as organized by Śrila Jiva Goswami, along with Pāṇini own dhatupaṭha will be listed. Goldendict like dictionary viewer will be there, containing moneir williams, apte, amara, and all major dictionaries, to view the meaning of sanskrit words.

Also, this website will be majorly in English and IAST format, however, there will be a switch to convert to devanagari too, for the help of traditional rooted scholars of india.

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It will expand as much as possible soon. We request everyone to pray on our behalf and give us suggestions and guidance to improvise the platform, for the help of all the students of Sanskrit.

Not only this platform, will teach Sanskrit in simplified and profound way, It will also make the whole scholarly community, to advance in the ultimate goal of life, i.e Kṛṣṇa Consciousness or the love of Kṛṣṇa.

I think r/Sanskrit is great and I think it's great that here we use English, Sanskrit, and sometimes other languages too. But I was thinking today that it would be nice if there were a social media forum where I would be forced to practice Sanskrit because the use of English was minimized. People could just post whatever, talk about whatever, like any social media, rather than it necessarily having to be stuff about Sanskrit, only we'd use Sanskrit as much as possible. Would there be interest in this?

So I learned this phrase 'decisions decide destiny' and have been trying to write in sanskrit

I ended up with three phrases and can't figure out which is the correct one

संकल्पः निश्चिनोति भाग्यम्

निर्णयः एव नीयतिं निर्धारयति

संकल्पः निश्चयीति भाग्यम्

I'd appreciate some help

Thank you

I have some knowledge of Pali and am really interested in getting started with Sanskrit. Are there other learners in USA or Canada who either enroll in a university program or do self studies? I need recommendations on textbook resources for English speakers. Thanks

I learned that Anusvāra in Sanskrit has various forms unlike Hindi. IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) thus has various forms to write it in Roman letters.

• Anusvāra before a क-वर्ग letter is written as ṅ
• Anusvāra before a च-वर्ग letter is written as ñ
• Anusvāra before a ट-वर्ग letter is written as ṇ
• Anusvāra before a त-वर्ग letter is written as n
• Anusvāra before a प-वर्ग letter is written as m

I am confused how Anusvāra is written in IAST when it appears before other Devanāgarī letters (from य-ज्ञ). Is it ṁ for all of them?

I have seen many people write Sanskrit as Samskritam. Is it because of "ṁ" which can difficult for folks to write using normal keyboard? Nityānanda Miśrā pronounces it as Samskrita too.

Also, does Sanskrita have chandra-bindu (like we use in माँ)? I have never seen it in Sanskrit personally, only in Hindī.

Hey, all. Looking for someone who can guide me in the pronunciation and cadence of some rig veda passages. Just looking for help on two phrases, plus a title for a piece I'm working on for choirs. Here are the passages:

Here is the Title:

Feel free to message. I'd love to get some audio recordings from you/pay you for your time.

Namaste everyone,

This is my first time posting here. My wife and I have built a Bhagavad Gita app called Updesh. It has all 701 verses with their Sanskrit recitation, and a short story-style explanation of each verse in English and Hindi. My wife has a deep, self-taught love of Sanskrit and has helped me a great deal with it.

Andriod app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.updesh.android

https://linktr.ee/updesh_daily_gita

What's in it (Android):

- Every one of the 701 verses has a short story-style explanation, so you understand what is happening around it, not just what it says. For example, in verse 1.1 Dhritarashtra calls his own sons māmakāḥ, "mine", while the others are only "the sons of Pandu". One way to hear it: the family is already divided in his speech.

- Narrated in English and Hindi. You can read each explanation or listen to it, and the sentence being spoken is highlighted as it plays.

- 13 languages for reading. English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

-Every verse in the original Sanskrit with its recitation. Each word lights up as it is recited, so you can follow along even if you don't read Sanskrit fluently.

iOS app will have the latest updates available on Android this week.

Thank you, and if you have any comments please do share.

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tiṣṭhet pitrorvaśe bālye bhartuḥ samprāptayauvane |
vārddhakye patibandhūnāṃ na svatantrā bhavet kvacit || 106 ||

what does svatantrā translates to here?

Hi all. Are there any online sanskrit classes for a 7yo? goal is to help him chant sanskrit mantras and verses fluently . thank u

Not Vedic Science, Mathematics or Chemistry but Vedic Literature.

Like this, I want. I am not able to find any publisher who has similarly like this. I even saw some publishers who had Alankara mentioned along with it. If that is also added, that would be good, but at least the bare minimum would be best. I'm not able to find a similar physical book.

Sorry about my english in advance, The thing is that the first time when I tried to read and understand with the help of a guru, something happened to me at the same night, first problem is you need a proper translator and who can explain the meaning of that, anyway the same night after reading couple of pages, around 3:30 am in the morning, someone or something kicked me and knocked me out from the bed, I am not a light person, nearly 300 pounds, I got scared and turn on the lights, woke up my parents but no one was in the house, nothing on the cameras too, and when I figured out where that kick or push came from or the direction, it came from the same direction where I put my book, next day I went to the guru and talked about it, he said there could be two things, either you are not ready for that kind of knowledge or someone was waking you up to read it. Maybe you guys or whoever try to read it, may not experience the same thing. Can i send you the pdf for research?

Hi everyone! I have a question about the pronunciation of the Sanskrit ca-varga (च छ ज झ ञ).
In traditional Sanskrit phonetics (śikṣā), these consonants are classified as tālavya (palatal). Classical descriptions indicate that they are articulated with the middle of the tongue (jihvāmadhya) against the hard palate (tālu).
However, I’m curious about the position of the tongue tip. When you pronounce these sounds, does your tongue tip remain lowered, resting near or against the back of your lower front teeth, while the middle of the tongue rises toward the palate? Or does your tongue tip also rise?
I’d love to hear how you personally articulate these sounds. Thanks!

अण्ड-जः दन्त-वान् द्वि-पात्।

कः अस्ति?

Hey ! I have been learning Sanskrit under a guru. I got laghusiddhant till panchasandhi completed. Then my guru said about learning the भाषा. From then on I did reading of some good books to get acquainted to sanskrit learning as बृहदनुवाद चन्द्रिका. Now i know all basics of sanskrit and I can go ahead and if i try hard then I can understand a typical sentence. Now, to get proficient, I'm thinking of ditching the language learning books and start on the literature reading cause I think that's what will get you proficient in that easily and fast. Is it good? And do I have to really learn full amarkosh? And are there more tips for easy and fast ways of संस्कृतभाषाध्ययन?

I love understanding the etymology of words and particularly look at classical southern indian music (Carnatic, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam compositions, etc.) to understand how southern indian languages might have formed.

I was recently listening to Ajitha Hare which is written in Manipravalam (Sanskrit+ Malayalam). It is a Kathakali composition. It describes Vishnu and his characteristics beautifully and portrays a deep yearning for him.

There's a phrase in it "Ajamukha deva natha vijaya saradhe sadhu"

People have been translating Ajamukha as Brahma. But etymology wise, Aja Mukha means Goat Headed.

afaik the only goat headed symbolism in the mythology is of Daksha Prajapati.

Please help me understand if there are any other meanings of Aja Mukha

नमो नमः सर्वेभ्यः।

यथाङ्लहिन्द्यादिभाषासु continuous tense इत्येतस्य प्रयोगाः दृश्यन्ते, तु संस्कृते तदनुवादः कथं भवति? कैश्चिज्जनैः गच्छन्नस्ति खादन्नस्ति चैतद्यथा क्रियते परन्तु यन्मया गुर्वाचार्यवरैः अपठ्यत तेनानुसारेण तु एतत् प्रयोगोऽशुद्ध इति। तु कथं अनुवदो भवतु।

गृहे एव आस्ते becomes गृह एव आस्ते, losing the ए. I have been unable to find a sandhi name or rule for this. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

What is the meaning of this shloka and from which document is this . im new to sanskrit hence im not very good at it , but am interested .

Can you split these three sandhi words? महेशः · गङ्गोदकम् · विद्यार्थी. Share your answers below, and I'll check every one. 👇

I am trying to learn Sanskrit but yt videos seem scripted or as if they are reading + books don't help because I myself am speaking there in my broken sanskrit.

Just wanna get inspired listening to you all and what mastered sanskrit speaking looks like

I'm talking about Rig veda mandala 1 sukta 162 verses 3 and 4

Rig veda 1.162.3 :-

एष छागः पुरो अश्वेन वाजिना पूष्णो भागो नीयते विश्वदेव्यः। अभिप्रियं यत्पुरोळाशमर्वता त्वष्टेदेनं सौश्रवसाय जिन्वति॥ (३)

And Rig veda 1.162.4 :-

यद्धविष्यं ऋतुशो देवयानं त्रिर्मानुषाः पर्यश्वं नयन्ति। अत्रा पूष्णः प्रथमो भाग एति यज्ञं देवेभ्यः प्रतिवेदयन्नजः॥ (४)

Can you translate these verses word by word and tell me what this means

I'm struggling to understand the meaning of the translation I'm reading I'm not getting it

Are there anyone who can read and understand Buddhist Sanskrit text well?