Questions about Sanskrit: Poished and refined.

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Hari Om

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Hello Advaitin's and sadhu's

 

I have great love for the root/orgin (etymological) meanings of

words. As I understand sanskrtam, means perfected or polished,

refined, consecrated, sanctified.

 

I also understand there there are differences in Vedic Sanskrit and

Classical sanskrit. I see some differences as I read/study books of

the Rk Ved, and of other times. I can only do this with the help of

the various punditji and yogani's that understand the mantra's and

valli's of the Upanishads and Veda's then give me their insights.

 

That said, the mantra's that the rishi's have cognized (seen) or

shruti, is considered nihsvasitam brahma, or the breath of Brahman.

Whould it then be reasonable to think that the sound (sama)of the

ved, coming from Brahman, is that same samsktam, in that same form,

or does it become samsktam, as it passes through the sage of

enlightened consciousness? ( with the purity and clarity of the

jivanmukti)relfecting the hightest level of consciousness attainable

by earth-beings?

 

What are your thoughts?

 

Pranams & dhanyavadah

yajvan

 

 

advaitin, "Ramesh Krishnamurthy"

<rkmurthy wrote:

>

> On 13/04/06, atmadarshanam <fsgss wrote:

>

> [snip..]

>

> > I would like to ask:

> > 1-Is Sanskrit revered as a very sacred language indeed? I

> > remember that I wrote a lot on Sanskrit (in that lifetime)

copying

> > extensively various texts, but I did not use it as the current

> > language which I spoke (which I could not remember clearly, but

was

> > somewhat similar to Sanskrit). But I remember that when I

recited

> > verses in Sanskrit from Scriptures, a perception of sacredness

and

> > devotion came to me often, and I cried a lot. In this lifetime I

> > have searched and found the Bhaghavad-Gita in Sanskrit and

whenever

> > I read it I get a feeling of power (not power from me, but from

the

> > verses) and devotion which is very similar to what I felt back

then.

> > Are these experiences common experiences with Sanskrit?

>

> It is true that Sanskrit has always been considered sacred. It is

> indeed a very revered language. However, it was not always used for

> scriptural purposes only. The vast body of Sanskrit literature

> includes topics like mathematics, medicine, metallurgy, astronomy,

> grammar, logic, economics, politics, music & dance, architecture,

etc.

> In fact, the distinction between "scripture" and "non-scripture" is

> not always clear. It is one big continuum that forms the basis of

our

> civilization.

>

> At the same time, scriptures (especially Bhakti oriented writings)

> also exist in almost all other Indian languages. These are not

always

> translations from Sanskrit but original writings in these

languages.

> Most Indian languages share some part of their vocabulary and

grammar

> with Sanskrit.

>

> Sanskrit grammar is an amazing thing in its own right. It is one of

> the greatest things that have ever existed, and will ever exist, in

> the realm of mAyA. The genius of the aShTadhyAyI remains

unparalleled

> in the world of grammar.

>

> For example, one of the beauties of Sanskrit is that the words in a

> sentence can be arranged in any order without affecting the

meaning.

> This creates a lot of opportunity for poetry and rhythm.

>

> maheshaH vidyAlayaM gacchati (mahesh goes to school)

>

> can also be said as:

>

> maheshaH gacchati vidyAlayaM

> vidyAlayaM maheshaH gacchati

> vidyAlayaM gacchati maheshaH

> gacchati maheshaH vidyAlayaM

> gacchati vidyAlayaM maheshaH

>

> To some extent (at least for simple sentence constructions) this is

> also true for most other Indian languages. I have tried this out

for

> Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, etc and it generally works.

>

>

> > 2-Are only Brahmins allowed to learn Sanskrit in India

nowadays?

>

> No. Anyone can learn Sanskrit. There has never been any

restriction on

> people learning Sanskrit.

>

>

> > 3-In this lifetime I have a facility for reading and learning

> > Sanskrit, but of course I do not know how to speak a lot or make

> > sentences very correctly. Sometimes I guess a word in Sanskrit

> > corresponding with my Indian friends and they say "that´s it".

Is

> > there any on-line course of Sanskrit where I can learn to be

able to

> > again write and speak Sanskrit. I feel this urge.

>

> Here is an online course run by the Indian Institute of Technology

at Chennai:

> http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/tutor.html

>

> An organisation called Samskrita-Bharati conducts camps for spoken

> Sanskrit. They also have correspondence courses (you can order

study

> material and learn at home). Check out their website at

> http://samskrita-bharati.org/

> Samskrita-Bharati is currently the most popular vehicle for

teaching Sanskrit.

>

> The Chitrapur Math, which is a small institution in Karnataka

> following the Advaita-Vedanta parampara, also has an online course:

> http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/sanskrit.htm

>

> >

> > Thanks in advance for any replies, opinions,

recommendations, etc.

> > Pranams,

> > Fred

> >

>

> dhanyavAdAH (Thank you in Sanskrit)

> Ramesh

>