Guest guest Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Hi-Larry here(new). I once started to learn Sanskrit, and we used this neat chant that was taught to children (an ancient ABC's). Is anyone familiar with this? I vaguely remember the learning sequence of the alphabet, forms this exquisitely beautiful triangle and has divine properties in and of itself. Thanks for rekindling Sanskrit desires. On Mar 13, 2004, at 12:17 AM, parvati_saraswati108 wrote: > Dear Steve, > The lighter script you are referring to in the Shiva puja is a > Bengali script. Shree Maa also speaks Bengali and we have several > other texts with Bengali script. If anyone on the forum speaks > Bengali we have the following Bengali texts available through our > website shreemaa.org. Beginner Shiva and Durga puja, > Rudraastaadhyaayi, Cosmic puja, and Ganesh Atharvasiirsam. > > In answer to your question about learning sanskrit beyond the texts > I would highly recommend it if you have time. The way we learned was > first learning how to read, write, and pronounce each letter of the > Sanskrit alphabet. At that time Swamiji was having class on the > Mahanirvana tantra book and he would have each one of us read part > of the script in sanskrit. > It was quite a challenge and I must admit his patience was > remarkable. Another class he had everyone read a part of the Sundar > Kand aloud from the Sanskrit. By the grace of the Guru each person > began to read Sanskrit, even though they had just learned the > letters. > > Another devotee here also taught himself Sanskrit by studying a few > different Sanskrit books and he can now chant the Chandi in Sanskrit. > > My suggestion, if you want to learn Sanskrit, is to first learn the > letters, and then look at the Sanskrit in the Shiva Puja and try to > read it. You could try to read the Sanskrit of the 108 names of > Shiva in the beginner Shiva puja. Check it with the transliteration. > It helps when you are already familiar with a script and you are > reading the Shiva puja everyday. > Good luck and keep me posted on your progress. > Parvati > > > , "bingo_ridley" <sconnor@a...> > wrote: > > Parvati, > > > > In the Shiva Puja, there are two lines of script, they appear as, > > one in bold, and one in a lighter weight, as if there are two > > different version of Sanskrit(?) ... the lighter one appears as > if, > > this might be a cursive version, one that a person might emulate > if > > one was writing out the sloka by hand? > > > > Your opinion, if you wish to share it: if one wanted to learn > > Sanskrit, for devotional purposes only, as related to the Chandi > > Path, do you suggest sticking with studying the texts as given, or > > additionally, take further steps with some sort of language > studies? > > Or is that additional effort a distraction, in your opinion? > > > > Pranams, best to Mother, > > > > Steve C. > > > > > Links > > • > / > > • > > > • Your use of is subject to the > > Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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