Q&A with Swamiji .....163...Levels of meaning in Sanskrit

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Question from Linda:

What does Swamiji recommend if one desires to learn sanskrit?

Does he recommend the American Sanskrit Institute or some other

teaching tools? Would it not be awesome if Swami wrote a book

and/or made some tapes on learning Sanskrit, starting from the

most simple to the more complex? I realize there are many

layers to any Sanskrit word and that the same word can mean

something slightly different, depending on the context. Jai Maa, Jai

Swamiji

 

Swamiji's response :

 

There are actually different kinds of meanings:

 

dictionary meaning - vach arth

meaning according to an attitude of awareness - bhava arth

meaning according to your guru - guru arth

meaning according to your school of philosophy - darshan shashtra arth

meaning according to your tribe of sadus - sampradayi arth

meaning according to your own realization - svadaya arth

hidden meaning - gupta arth

 

Latha's footnote :

Many of the devotees of the Mandir that are learning sanskrit do not

to any particular institute of teaching. We have a sanskrit

text book that is used in schools across India, a teacher to walk us

through the basic alphabet, construction of grammar and do a lot of our own

research.