Weekly page from Hindu Dharma: Root Language - Sanskrit

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This week's page from Hindu Dharma is "Root Language - Sanskrit" from "Siksa" at http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part6/chap3.htm, which is attached with this email. Here are the first few lines from this page:

In speaking about the Vedas I stated that the sound of a word was more important that its meaning. That reminds me. In the Vedic language called 'Chandas' and in Sanskrit which is based on it, there are words the very sound of which denotes their meaning. Take the word 'danta'. You know that it means a tooth. We have to use our teeth to produce the sound of the word 'danta' - the tongue has to make an impact on... (see attachment for more)

 

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Hindu Dharma is a translation of two volumes of the well known Tamil Book "Deivatthin Kural", which, in turn, is a book of 6 volumes that contains talks of His Holiness Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji of Kanchipuram. The entire book is available online at www.kamakoti.org .