Guest guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Dear Linda, the Devanagari is the beautiful script which we cannot read:))) I have tried, and am still trying to learn the letters and the combinations of letters in which Sanskrit is written. If you know the letters, or if you look them up in a list, you can decipher the words via the transliteration (the way it is said is the same as the way it is written, no funny business like 'you write x but you pronounce y'). So then you can see where in the Devanagari words begin and end, and compare this with the transliteration. Sometimes in the transliteration this is a little different, so I tried to find a word in the dictionary under the first letter of the word, which turns out to be not a separate word at all. It is very difficult to find out where Sanskrit words begin and end because they tend to write many words together, and letters change due to the combinations of words and conjugations. So it is a puzzle, and I fail to find a word many times. That's why I am so happy with Srini's contribution! If you wish to find out more: there is an article 'Devanagari' in Wikipedia (I found it via Google), where you can learn about the history and there you can also see the letters (with their pronunciation). hope this helps, with love, Henny , nierika wrote: > > Dear Henny is the Devanagari the transliterated script of the sanskrit? > (And after that the English...) Is there any way to learn more about > Devanagari? I would like to learn enough about it to understand what I'm reading > without having to then also read the English. Thank you as always ~ Linda > Jai Ma Jai Swamiji > > > Henny wrote: > > my thoughts are that your are doing us all a great service. It is only now > that I understand 'shutulya' is not a word, and that I should take a look > at the Devanagari if I cannot find something in the dictionary. Apparently, > sometimes words that are one in Devanagari are separated in the > transliteration at a seemingly illogical place (illogical to me, that is)... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 There are courses available in Sanskrit. Try vidya Bharathi or sanskrita bharathi. These are simple courses by correspondance. They will give an idea about grammar. Sanskrit grammar is very complex but can be learned From: jaisanatanimaaDate: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:42:11 +0000[www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: to Linda re:to Henny about Devanagari Dear Linda,the Devanagari is the beautiful script which we cannot read:)))I have tried, and am still trying to learn the letters and the combinations of letters in which Sanskrit is written. If you know the letters, or if you look them up in a list, you can decipher the words via the transliteration (the way it is said is the same as the way it is written, no funny business like 'you write x but you pronounce y').So then you can see where in the Devanagari words begin and end, and compare this with the transliteration. Sometimes in the transliteration this is a little different, so I tried to find a word in the dictionary under the first letter of the word, which turns out to be not a separate word at all. It is very difficult to find out where Sanskrit words begin and end because they tend to write many words together, and letters change due to the combinations of words and conjugations. So it is a puzzle, and I fail to find a word many times. That's why I am so happy with Srini's contribution!If you wish to find out more: there is an article 'Devanagari' in Wikipedia (I found it via Google), where you can learn about the history and there you can also see the letters (with their pronunciation). hope this helps,with love,Henny , nierika wrote:>> Dear Henny is the Devanagari the transliterated script of the sanskrit? > (And after that the English...) Is there any way to learn more about > Devanagari? I would like to learn enough about it to understand what I'm reading > without having to then also read the English. Thank you as always ~ Linda> Jai Ma Jai Swamiji> > > Henny wrote:> > my thoughts are that your are doing us all a great service. It is only now > that I understand 'shutulya' is not a word, and that I should take a look > at the Devanagari if I cannot find something in the dictionary. Apparently, > sometimes words that are one in Devanagari are separated in the > transliteration at a seemingly illogical place (illogical to me, that is)...> Less clicking: Hotmail access on the new MSN homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 I am so grateful too, Henny that Swamiji has provided all these transliterations and interpretations as well as Srini giving us the Sanskrit words bit by bit from the Cosmic Puja. I tried years ago to transliterate some hymns to the Goddess and it was an onerous task. I managed to complete the Lakshmi Ashtakam, but that is a relatively short one. Part of the problem, too is there are so many letters in Sanskrit that you have to keep in mind. I was never able to memorize them all and I am very rusty now. I would not wish Sanskrit were any less complicated, that is what makes it such a rich language, but I just wish I was more of an apt pupil! Jai Shree Maa, Jai Swamiji! Kumari--- On Tue, 9/1/09, jaisanatanimaa <jaisanatanimaa wrote: jaisanatanimaa <jaisanatanimaa[www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: to Linda re:to Henny about Devanagari Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 11:42 AM Dear Linda,the Devanagari is the beautiful script which we cannot read:)))I have tried, and am still trying to learn the letters and the combinations of letters in which Sanskrit is written. If you know the letters, or if you look them up in a list, you can decipher the words via the transliteration (the way it is said is the same as the way it is written, no funny business like 'you write x but you pronounce y').So then you can see where in the Devanagari words begin and end, and compare this with the transliteration. Sometimes in the transliteration this is a little different, so I tried to find a word in the dictionary under the first letter of the word, which turns out to be not a separate word at all. It is very difficult to find out where Sanskrit words begin and end because they tend to write many words together, and letters change due to the combinations of words and conjugations. So it is a puzzle, and I fail to find a word many times. That's why I am so happy with Srini's contribution!If you wish to find out more: there is an article 'Devanagari' in Wikipedia (I found it via Google), where you can learn about the history and there you can also see the letters (with their pronunciation) . hope this helps,with love,Henny , nierika wrote:>> Dear Henny is the Devanagari the transliterated script of the sanskrit? > (And after that the English...) Is there any way to learn more about > Devanagari? I would like to learn enough about it to understand what I'm reading > without having to then also read the English. Thank you as always ~ Linda> Jai Ma Jai Swamiji> > > Henny wrote:> > my thoughts are that your are doing us all a great service. It is only now > that I understand 'shutulya' is not a word, and that I should take a look > at the Devanagari if I cannot find something in the dictionary. Apparently, > sometimes words that are one in Devanagari are separated in the > transliteration at a seemingly illogical place (illogical to me, that is)...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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