To Gauri about Question # 2: Goals and Sankalpa

[Guest guest]

Gauri wrote:

 

I will learn to chant the Chandi direct from Devanagari by making a sankalpa

to learn a few letters every day and once i know them, to start doing a

couple of slokas a day.

 

 

 

Dear Gauri ~ what do you mean by learning to chant the Chandi (I still have

to find mine) from Devanagari. Is this a way to learn Sanskrit? Is it in a

book? How does one access this Devanagari in order to learn as you write? And by

the way, what a wonderful goal.

 

Jai Maa ~ Linda

[Guest guest]

Dear Linda,

 

Devanagari is simply the name given to the Sanskrit letters. In

every one of Swamiji's books you have the slokas in Devanagari, a

transliteration (i.e. how the Devanagari letters look in western

script) and Swamiji's poetic translation into English on the meaning

of the text.

 

I will learn it as I have learned just about anything in school from

elements in chemistry to formulas in math to english and

German.......Flashcards! I have a small spiral notebook where

I "draw" individual Devanagari letters. On the back of the page I

have the western equivalent. I flip open the notebook on a random

page and try to recognize the letter. It is a more efficient (for

me) version of flashcards because it is compact and easy to carry.

 

Devanagari is a code you learn -- for us westerners-- like Chinese or

Japanese or Arabic or Hebrew.

 

Once I am able to consistently recognize the letters, I can start

chanting by reading them.

 

Linda, you can use any book if you want to do this, too.

 

Jaaaaaaaaai Maa,

Gauri

 

 

> Dear Gauri ~ what do you mean by learning to chant the Chandi (I

still have

> to find mine) from Devanagari. Is this a way to learn Sanskrit? Is

it in a

> book? How does one access this Devanagari in order to learn as you

write? And by

> the way, what a wonderful goal.

>

> Jai Maa ~ Linda

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

Just for the sake of clarity, Devanagiri is a script, that is used for the current Sanskrit and Hindi letters/aksharas, not the name given to the actual letters themselves. Sanskrit is written in many different scripts in India, as spoken about in Swamiji's book, "Pronunciation and the Chandi Samputs".

 

Gauri's suggestion of using flash cards is a great one. I believe the Sanskrit Institute does the same. Writing each letter over and over helps too.

 

It is a great goal for all of us to aspire to. It is a great key to better pronunciation of Her Language.

 

Jai Maa!

 

Surya

 

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gabilu27

Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:46 AM

[www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: To Gauri about Question # 2: Goals and Sankalpa

 

 

Dear Linda,

 

Devanagari is simply the name given to the Sanskrit letters. In

every one of Swamiji's books you have the slokas in Devanagari, a

transliteration (i.e. how the Devanagari letters look in western

script) and Swamiji's poetic translation into English on the meaning

of the text.

 

I will learn it as I have learned just about anything in school from

elements in chemistry to formulas in math to english and

German.......Flashcards! I have a small spiral notebook where

I "draw" individual Devanagari letters. On the back of the page I

have the western equivalent. I flip open the notebook on a random

page and try to recognize the letter. It is a more efficient (for

me) version of flashcards because it is compact and easy to carry.

 

Devanagari is a code you learn -- for us westerners-- like Chinese or

Japanese or Arabic or Hebrew.

 

Once I am able to consistently recognize the letters, I can start

chanting by reading them.

 

Linda, you can use any book if you want to do this, too.

 

Jaaaaaaaaai Maa,

Gauri

 

> Dear Gauri ~ what do you mean by learning to chant the Chandi (I

still have

> to find mine) from Devanagari. Is this a way to learn Sanskrit? Is

it in a

> book? How does one access this Devanagari in order to learn as you

write? And by

> the way, what a wonderful goal.

>

> Jai Maa ~ Linda

>